Several municipal politicians have sat on the boards of companies that can be linked to suspected fraud. This is shown by an examination carried out by SVT.
This applies to three local representatives for S, SD and M in the counties of Södermanland, Stockholm and Västernorrland.
Two have sat in companies that the authorities cracked down on for their participation in a mobile phone scam where the state was defrauded of billions. The third is chairman of an investment company where others have been convicted.
Critics warn that a lack of party controls opens the door to infiltration by organized crime.