It was in September last year that area police officers in Lidköping noticed two men and decided to check them.
– They had cash on them and couldn’t really explain how it happened, says Ester Omarsdottir, chamber prosecutor.
Was linked to other crimes
The men were arrested and initially an investigation into suspected money laundering was launched, but the suspicions were later changed. Through surveillance images from other investigations, the police were able to link the men to thefts of wallets and bank cards in Halland, Skåne, Blekinge, Småland and Västergötland.
In total, the men are said to have gained more than SEK 200,000 through withdrawals and purchases with stolen cards.
Denies crime
Now they are being prosecuted at the Varberg district court on suspicion of, among other things, twelve cases of grossly arbitrary proceedings and fourteen cases of gross fraud.
Both men deny wrongdoing.