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Eight people are charged in the extortion ring against financier Joachim Kuylenstierna.
The mastermind behind the 100 million extortion is believed to be the infamous Jonas Falk.
– The blackmail messages sent to the plaintiff have been found in his computer, says prosecutor Anna Stråth.
· Eight people have been indicted for extortion against Joachim Kuylenstierna, with Jonas Falk pointed out as the mastermind even though he has not been indicted; findings in his computer link him to the crime.
· The threats against Kuylenstierna included everything from pictures of colleagues to arson attacks and threatening messages with explosives, escalating the incident in the fall of 2023.
· A lawyer among the defendants is suspected of having helped with the extortion, while Jonas Falk’s aunt is charged with serious drug offenses after growing cannabis in Sörmland.
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Jonas Falk’s and Joachim Kuylenstierna’s paths have crossed long before.
When eight people have now been indicted on suspicion of a series of crimes that basically relate to an extortion attempt, they are both in the center again.
Jonas Falk is not charged, but is singled out by the prosecutor as the likely ringleader who managed eight others, two of whom were men from the Vårby network, to try to extort 100 million kroner through threats and attacks.
– The company manager has been exposed to blackmail since October 2023 when he received messages in which he received pictures and videos of colleagues and people close to him that are mapped with the aim of those blackmailers to be taken seriously when they demand money from him, says prosecutor Anna Stråth .
Sent picture of explosives
The threats culminated in an arson attack against one of Joachim Kuylenstierna’s colleagues in November 2023. The man’s family was at home and were then able to put out the fire without anyone being injured.
The threats also include messages of a directly threatening nature.
– They have sent a picture of what is judged to be 200 kilos of sharp explosives, an amount that could blow up an entire high-rise building with. It is clear pressure and something I absolutely interpret as a death threat, says Anna Stråth.
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Jonas Falk is currently in custody in Spain on suspicion of being the ringleader in a Swedish extortion scheme against a former stock exchange CEO.
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One of the defendants is a lawyer who is suspected of having tried to help the extortionists by trying to transfer property from one of the plaintiffs to the suspected perpetrators.
Jonas Falk is not among the defendants. He is detained in Spain, and the Swedish preliminary investigation against him continues.
The whole background to the extortion is believed to be an investment made in 2009 – by Jonas Falk in particular.
– It is a share purchase that did not go as planned. The investment lost value and the investor lost money, says Anna Stråth.
In messages that the extortionists sent to Joachim Kuylenstierna, the investment in 2009 was referred to, which caused the preliminary investigation to focus on Jonas Falk.
– This caused us to search his home in Spain and seize a computer. The blackmail messages sent to the plaintiff have been found in it, says Anna Stråth.
Had threatening messages
This does not mean, according to the prosecutor, that it is claimed that Jonas Falk himself sent the messages to Kuylenstierna, but she states that Jonas Falk is still in custody in his absence, suspected of attempted aggravated blackmail and aiding and abetting aggravated arson.
Parts of the emptying of Jonas Falk’s computer are also included in the preliminary investigation material submitted regarding the eight defendants, where the suspicions include attempted extortion, aggravated arson, aggravated usury, false declaration, unlawful coercion, aggravated extortion, abuse in court proceedings, civil registration crimes and serious accounting crimes .
The lawyer who was prosecuted is suspected, in addition to his work as a lawyer, to have conducted an extensive loan business without accounting for seven years.
Jonas Falk’s aunt Harriette Broman was previously detained on suspicion of having participated in the extortion of Kuylenstierna, with whom she had a relationship in the 90s.
However, she has not been charged in that part, but instead she is charged with serious drug offences. She is suspected of having, together with another person, grown cannabis in a villa in Sörmland.