Seven people are convicted in a fraud scheme in Norrköping, local media reports. The scheme has connections to criminal networks in Norrköping and Södertälje.
According to the verdict, 15 people have been defrauded of a total of 11.7 million kronor by a man and a woman, reports Norrköpings Tidningar.
The two are convicted of multiple cases of fraud and multiple cases of aggravated fraud. The woman is sentenced to three years in prison, and the man to four and a half years.
The other five people involved in the scheme are convicted of, among other things, aggravated extortion, aggravated money laundering, and aggravated unlawful coercion. They are all men, and three of them are sentenced to prison terms of between one and three years. The two other men are sentenced to conditional sentences and day fines.
All those convicted must also pay damages, according to Folkbladet.
