Bought electronics for taxpayers ‘ money – is sentenced

A previous head of the unit in a västsvensk municipality is sentenced by the Skaraborg district court for embezzlement and breach of trust. The penalty will be a suspended sentence and the damages is less than sek 75,000.

the Man has for several years had responsibility for different types of children and ungdomsverksamheter, among other things, a short-term accommodation for disabled children. According to the judgment he purchased electronic goods to himself, and allowed the municipality to pay and also stopped the revenue from kioskförsäljning in your own pocket. The man was dismissed in the spring of 2017, after more than ten years of service.

the Man has since been hired in another big västsvensk municipality, but after the municipality becomes aware of the suspicions against the man he has been suspended pending further investigation, according Göteborgs-Posten.