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Two men are charged with a felony money laundering offense after one put 291,500 SEK in a bag on the balcony.
According to the prosecutor, the money comes from criminal activities. One of the suspects, a 23-year-old man, has already been convicted of several drug-related crimes. The other is, a 24-year-old man who assures that the money is his, has previously gone unpunished.
It was in February last year that Swedish Customs in connection with a home search in a drug case found 291,500 SEK at the suspect’s house in an apartment in North Lund.
A couple of days earlier, two 16-year-old boys had been found on a train in Malmö on their way to Stockholm with 2.9 kilos of cannabis. Her relationship with the 23-year-old led to a search of the house.
The man first claimed the money it belonged to his family, specifically the father who, according to him, was good at saving money. But the father, who claimed that he lives on sickness benefits, explained that he knew nothing about the balcony money. Nor did anyone else in the family want to feel the money.
At that time, the 23-year-old changed his story and it is now that the other suspect enters the plot. The 24-year-old man sent an email to Customs and claimed the seized money.
He explained that the money was his and that he took it out because “he has a tendency to spend the money I have in the account.”
His explanation was that he planned a car purchase that went wrong. He wanted to take the money home because there had been many robberies in his residential area. Furthermore, it was “too late to put the money in a safe when the bank was closed. It was then that I met my childhood friend, ”he says in questioning.
According to this explanation, the 23-year-old man and his childhood friend showed up, took the money and put it in a bag on the family balcony. They were found there when customs arrived.
The prosecutor believes that neither of the men was able to demonstrate probable reasons why they were entitled to the money. The 23-year-old was already sentenced in May last year to one year and seven months in prison for drug-related crimes. Now, the district court will soon have to decide whether he should also be convicted of money laundering.
