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The Kris association must pay millions and may be forced to file for bankruptcy. The grants, which would have been earmarked for an educational project, have been used for, among other things, car, alcohol and spa visits, SVT News reports.
Starting in 2016, the association Kriminella’s Revenge in Society received eleven million crowns from Arvsfonden to organize a course for ex-offenders and addicts with disabilities. According to Kris and Arvsfonden, the course has been successful and has helped participants to work, for example, in leisure centers and supported housing.
But an examination of the Heritage Fund reveals irregularities. Some of the money has gone toward expenses that cannot be linked to the project, including the spa, debt collection, and dry cleaning. The money has also been used for other unjustified expenses, such as car washing and painting, restaurant visits, and alcohol. Also, there is no basis for, among other things, travel as reviewed by the Heritage Fund.
So far, the association has had to repay a little over 200,000 Swedish crowns, but the Heritage Fund demands another million. The case is now in the Chamber of Deputies, which will decide how much Kris should return.
A claim for a refund of a million or more would have serious consequences, according to the association.
– It would mean that we would have to fire people in the office, we could go bankrupt, says President Germay Woldu to SVT News.
Education itself is also under threat. Education was about to be transferred from Tollare Folk High School in Nacka to Stensund Folk High School in the Trosa archipelago, but the latter has decided to wait with the inauguration pending the decision of the Chamber of Deputies.
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