Four are sentenced after million-dollar transactions around Nordic United

The police survey of Nordic United's financial contacts began in autumn 2020.

On the night of October 3, the police raided an illegal gambling club on Södermalm. In connection with the operation, a mobile phone belonging to a football profile connected to Nordic United was seized.

In the phone, the police found chats and information about the person's contacts. The material provided clues about suspicious financial schemes and became an important part of the continuing investigation.

The football profile was sentenced in November 2025 for, among other things, gross economic money laundering. That sentence related to crimes connected to the illegal gambling club. But the information in the mobile phone also led the police on to other people and transactions. Those suspicions have now been tested in a separate trial.

One of the transactions included in the new goal took place in 2023. Then the football profile transferred a total of SEK 700,000 to a company linked to a man in his 40s. From there, SEK 200,000 went on to Nordic United and SEK 500,000 to another company.

The man in his 40s is now being sentenced for money laundering linked to the transfers.

In addition to the transfers, the man in his 40s is also convicted of economic money laundering linked to an apartment purchase in Turkey. He is also sentenced for repeatedly lending money from his companies to Nordic United. The money would, among other things, cover the association's expenses for player salaries, hotels and travel.

Millions were booked too late

An important part of the verdict concerns the fact that the accounting was not done on time. Money coming in and paid out would have been recorded continuously, but it sometimes took several months before the information was entered into the books.

The overdue amounts got bigger every year. In 2023, transactions worth around SEK 9.44 million were booked too late. This can be compared to the association's total receipts and payments during the year was approximately SEK 11.3 million.

A total of four people are sentenced

In addition to the man in his 40s, three more people are sentenced in the case.

A woman is sentenced to two years in prison for accounting offenses and serious accounting offences. Another man gets a year and six months in prison for the same type of crime. The third person is convicted of forgery. The penalty is a suspended sentence and daily fines.

The man in his 40s is also banned from eating for five years.

All those convicted have previously denied the criminal charges.