Police employee leaked sensitive information to gang criminals

A designated network criminal obtained large amounts of sensitive information from police records.

He persuaded a female police officer to search for secret documents and put the information on a USB stick, according to a recent indictment.

– This has nothing to do with me here, says the woman in the interrogation.

The indictment revolves around two people – a woman in her 40s, employed by the police authority and a CEO of a company, a man in his 50s who has long been known in Stockholm’s underworld.

It all started in connection with a crackdown on the CEO’s company in the Stockholm area. During the search of an office, a yellow folder was found which, among other things, contained a number of documents marked with the text “Secret”.

The police also found a USB stick in a safe, which contained a number of secret documents. The documents contained intelligence information concerning both the CEO and several hundred network criminal persons connected to him.

The tracks led to Noah

The findings made the police want to find the leak, and the leads led to a woman employed by Noa, the police’s national operations department. According to the investigation, she had downloaded the documents, put them on a USB stick and then given them to the CEO.

When confronted with the information, including her DNA being found on pieces of tape on the USB stick, the woman denied any involvement, saying she had no contact with the alleged accomplice.

– This has nothing to do with me here, says the woman in the interrogation.

The material contains lots of names that the police are interested in. A security officer within the police authority describes the damage from the leak as multifaceted.

– It is very extensive material and deeply unfortunate if it has gotten out to the people the material is aimed at surveying, says the head of security in an interrogation.

Denies crime

The accused CEO also denies any wrongdoing. He admits in questioning that he had access to the documents but believes that an unknown person sent them to him.

– I don’t know who gave it to me. I just got it.

In the police interrogation, the CEO receives more questions about how the secret documents ended up in his hands.

Did you pay someone to get these documents?

– Absolutely not.

The one who now gives you this. Did they volunteer to give you the documents?

– The only thing I can say is that they thought I should take part in it. It is nothing else.

Is it the case that you have a catch on this hen?

– Absolutely not. No, absolutely not. As I said, I don’t really know who it is.

Known network criminal

The man has been known to the police for decades. In 2004, he was part of the Stockholm police’s project Nova, which dealt with pinpointing people suspected of being involved in serious, organized crime.

He has not been convicted of any violent crimes but is described in the case by the police intelligence unit as a “known network criminal”.

Over the years, the man has run several different companies. A number of years ago he was convicted of illegal arms deals with foreign countries.

The punishment was a suspended sentence and daily fines.

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