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After GP revealed in early January how the private Husdr clinic printed fake travel certificates, the clinic is under investigation by both the Swedish Health and Care Inspectorate, Ivo, and the police.
GP’s review also shows that Husdr. took so-called PCR tests on his clients to see if they had COVID-19 and then gave them the test results without the samples being analyzed in the labs the clinic claimed to use.
On Thursday, Ivo announced that the information, which the authority has confirmed through its own investigation, is serious and, therefore, urged the Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute the doctor responsible for the blatantly certified crime.
Even the day before Ivo’s request, the doctor was arrested by the police on suspicion of that particular criminal classification, as well as several cases of fraud.
A total of about 80 people have reported the clinic to the police.
– Police and prosecutors are working intensively with him at the moment, he has been notified of suspicions during interrogation and is currently in custody, says preliminary investigation leader James von Reis.
Make a decision about detention
No later than Friday afternoon, the prosecutor will decide whether to request the arrest of the doctor. GP can now say that more people can be involved in the operations of the clinic and that they have received money from clients for their own accounts.
GP has received payment information from 20 people who have been sampled by the Husdr.se clinic. The statements show that customers have paid for their tests through Swish banking service and that the payments have gone to several different numbers.
In addition to the doctor in charge, who is also a member of the board of directors of the Husdr.se limited company, the payments have also gone to a woman who is a deputy in the company. The woman has also been active in contact with clients, as evidenced by several email conversations between the clinic and them.
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But not only the doctor and the woman have been involved in the activity. Even a licensed dentist has received payments from clients who have performed PCR tests.
GP has been able to verify that the clinic conducted tests from at least November 29 to January 11, the day before GP published the first review article.
The prosecutor is speechless
The payments that GP has information about are only a small part of the clinic’s total operations. Ivo estimates that a few hundred people may have received false travel certificates from the clinic. According to the clinic’s website, travel certificates, including a PCR test, cost between SEK 1,590 and SEK 3,690.
The price list husdr.se had for its tests was removed hours after GP’s first publication. In the same box, it now says that the latch can no longer sample for covid-19. Image: Screenshot husdr.se
When GP interviewed the doctor, he claimed that the clinic performed 15-20 samples per day, which were then sent for analysis.
Prosecutor James von Reis is left speechless when GP asks if the police believe that more people may be involved in the alleged crime.
Are there more people who have been notified of suspicions?
– I don’t want to say anything about it. But I can say that we have conducted interrogations, it has become urgently necessary here with more people who have information to provide about this activity, says the prosecutor.
Doesn’t that mean if more people have been notified of suspicions?
– No.
Do you think he (the doctor in charge) has been alone in this?
– No, it is quite clear that he has not been alone, but what role the others have played we are investigating now, says James von Reis.
GP is looking for the lawyer for the responsible doctor, Björn Hurtig, as well as Husdr.se’s alternate and licensed dentist.
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