A 43-year-old man in Halmstad reported his ex-partner to the police – and accused her of sending him threatening emails. But now the police’s investigation indicates that it was in fact the man who sent the emails to himself, reports Hallandsposten.
It was during an ongoing custody dispute that the man received the emails, which had a sender address that included the former partner’s name. However, the woman claimed that she had a different email address, and that it was the man himself who had sent the messages.
During the course of the investigation, the police were subsequently able to establish that the threatening emails came from an address that can be linked to the 43-year-old’s mobile phone.
In questioning, the man has explained the whole thing that his mobile phone was taken over by Spanish and Russian hackers. Now he is charged with illegal use of identity and two counts of false representation because he chose to report the threats to the police.