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The criminal network began to live a life of luxury in the restaurants around Stureplan.
Of: Christoffer Nilsson, Johanna Rapp, Mattias Sandberg
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Older women are the gang’s new targets, Aftonbladet’s review shows.
One of the most infamous gangs is suspected of making millions by fooling the elderly, and is linked to nearly 300 fraudulent calls.
– Our opinion is that the same constellation is behind all the cases, says Peter Magnusson of the Stockholm Police.
Aftonbladet has participated in the secret police survey that includes 676 people connected to 30 criminal networks.
Gangs are often noticed for shootings, murders, bombings, and drug trafficking.
Aftonbladet’s review shows how various networks also make a living from another capital-intensive business: fraud talks against the elderly.
One of the networks believed to have misled large numbers of older women is the criminal gang that the police call Rinkeby 1 and which is described as a sub-group of Shottaz.
Together they have committed several violent crimes.
Photo: POLICE
The image shows several young people who according to the police belong to the Rinkeby 1 criminal network and who are described as a subgroup of Shottaz.
He lived a life of luxury, when “David” swept
In early 2019, the police noticed how gang members suddenly began living luxurious lives in the taverns around Stureplan and the casinos. Members began driving Porsche and wearing Rolex branded jackets and watches.
“My feeling is that the group now receives large sums from any business”it says in a police report.
At the same time, the number of reports of fraudulent calls increased.
For just over six months in 2019, the police received more than 300 reports that were linked in the same way.
These were older people, mainly women, who had been deceived by a man who often introduced himself as “David” and seemed to inspire confidence.
The victims were instructed to sign transfers or leave codes.
– It was bad in the end and then I realized that I had been deceived, says one of the victims in questioning.
The older woman lost more than 900,000 crowns.
The suspicions were directed at two men who, according to the police, belong to Rinkeby 1: a 21-year-old man and a 22-year-old man.
– We wanted to end up in a situation where we could intervene during an ongoing conversation, says head of research Peter Magnusson.
Photo: POLICE
Police describe how the gang suddenly began to live a life of luxury during the fraud that took place. “My feeling is that the group is now receiving large sums from some businesses,” she says in a report.
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The 22-year-old defendant poses with sturdy wads of bills. According to the investigation, the photograph, taken from a telephone, was taken very close to one of the fraudulent calls.
On: during intercepted call
In October, police saw the 21-year-old talking on the phone with the 22-year-old next to him in a car. At the same time, the police intercepted a conversation in which “David” tried to obtain bank codes from an elderly woman.
In the intercepted telephone conversation, the policemen are heard hitting the car and shouting that the perpetrators must lie on the ground.
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Police began looking at the 21 and 22-year-old and also intercepting phone calls.
After the arrest, all reports that could be linked to the method used by “David” ceased.
This fall, the two men will be brought to justice on suspicion of several cases of serious fraud totaling SEK 5 million.
The indictment concerns 40 of the 300 fraud calls.
“Important to the network”
The 21-year-old is unpunished, but the police believe he has a clear place in the network. Following the notorious double murder in Copenhagen, when two members of Shottaz were killed by members of the rival Death Patrol network, the young man is said to have risen through the ranks.
– We believe it is important for the network. We do not see that he is the one who has violent capital, but that it has a meaning for the economic part, says Peter Magnusson.
In the fraud scandal, a total of 18 people are charged, the majority of whom have helped the two young men to transfer, withdraw or handle the money.
In addition to the 21 and 22-year-olds, two other co-defendants are also included in Aftonbladet’s review of gang offenders. They are connected to a network in Sollentuna and are suspected of money laundering.
“Finance your operations with fraud”
Before the fall trial, the 21-year-old denies the crime in the grand fraud scheme.
– I do not share the opinion that he is part of a criminal organization or that it would have been any activity that finances criminal activities. Those statements are not true, says his attorney Viktor Banke.
The 22-year-old also denies the crime on all charges.
– He has no connection to the alleged crime and has not acted criminally in the framework of any network, says lawyer Viktor Carlberg.
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