Three suspects in election fraud investigation after dawn raid

On Thursday, the prosecutor filed a request to appoint three public defenders in the case. This is evident from documents from the Falu district court, something that Expressen was the first to report on.

During Thursday, the Falu district court then appointed three defenders for the suspects.

It is not clear from the documents who the suspected persons are.

Carl Oskar Morgården is one of the suspects' lawyers. He tells SVT that his client was one of those whose house the police searched, and that he is called for questioning next week.

- He hopes and believes that this investigation will show that he was not guilty of anything criminal, says Carl Oskar Morgården.

Dawn raid on three addresses

During Tuesday, the police carried out house searches against three addresses in Borlänge.

- During the house searches, the police made various seizures that may be of interest to the investigation and these will now be analyzed, said senior prosecutor Oskar Edvardsson on Tuesday.

According to Expressen, the addresses can be linked to the police's investigation into suspected election fraud. The addresses are located in the areas of Tjärna ängar and Jakobsgårdarna.

The operation must have been carried out by the police's national operational department (Noa) and police from Bergslagen.