Utgivarna, a Swedish media organization, is preparing a lawsuit against tech company Meta over scam advertisements that misuse the names of well-known media profiles for fraud. James Savage, chairman of Utgivarna, stated that Meta earned 137 billion SEK from these ads in 2024. Utgivarna has hired a law firm to investigate the legal possibilities for the lawsuit, according to multiple reports. Meta has previously responded that publishing ads that promote fraud goes against their policy and that they are ready to review violations. The current status of the planned lawsuit remains unclear.
In a separate legal matter, Östersunds FK has filed a lawsuit against a former player who owes the club 205,000 SEK. The dispute concerns unpaid invoices for housing, electricity, and meals provided by the club, according to sources. The club and the player had a verbal agreement that the player could use an apartment and meals against deductions from salary, Östersunds FK stated. Initially, the club covered costs for housing, electricity, and meals while making salary deductions for the player. When the player was injured and on sick leave, there was no salary to deduct from, according to Östersunds FK. The player continued to use the housing, electricity, and meals while on sick leave, and the club sent invoices to the player, which remain unpaid. Östersunds FK stated they do not wish to comment on the matter at this time. The identity of the former player has not been disclosed.
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) demands an assistance company pay back 2.1 million SEK for assistance benefits paid while a child lived abroad, according to multiple reports. The child spent most of the time from June 3, 2024 to September 30, 2025 abroad and attended school there, according to Försäkringskassans utredning.
A trader left his shop in Överkalix during a workplace environment inspection and sued a former employee manager for gross disloyalty, according to multiple reports. The details of the case remain sparse.
Eslövs Bostads AB files a lawsuit against construction company Pemasund demanding nearly one million SEK in compensation, according to multiple reports. The outcome of the lawsuit is not yet known.
Västerås municipality has reclaimed 850,000 SEK in incorrect payments just this year.
Annika Backlund has been ordered to pay over 140 million SEK to various creditors for unpaid loans where she acted as guarantor, according to multiple reports.
Crimes against benefit systems are a growing problem in Sweden, according to research. Västerås municipality is leading in the country in reporting suspected crimes against municipal benefit systems to the police, according to research. In Västerås, the most benefit frauds against the municipality were reported both in absolute numbers and per capita – seven reported crimes per 1,000 inhabitants in the last seven years, according to research. Already in 2018, Västerås social services began focusing more on stopping incorrect payments from the benefit system. Since January 2025, two social workers work exclusively on stopping incorrect payments, according to research. According to www.svt.se, Marie Wall described that Västerås municipality has reclaimed 850,000 SEK in incorrect payments just this year. Västerås municipality cooperates with other municipalities in Mälardalen to prevent benefit fraud, according to research.
Västerås city chose to terminate the collaboration with Attendo one year ago, according to research. About 900 clients needed to find new care providers and 600 employees lost their jobs after the collaboration was terminated. The reason for the breakup was that systematic fraud with time registration was found, and a police report was filed against Attendo, according to research. Attendo presented its own investigation showing that no errors had been committed, according to research. Attendo demands damages of 24.7 million SEK for the contract being terminated on incorrect grounds, according to Attendo. The specific evidence Västerås city had for the alleged systematic fraud remains unclear.
A woman was convicted for, through her company, having reported 4,500 hours of housing support for nearly two million SEK even though the support was not provided, according to research. The district court based its assessment on a massive discrepancy between reported housing support and salary statements as well as witness statements, according to research. The crimes were classified as gross fraud due to significant value, systematic nature, difficulty to detect, and targeting the welfare system, according to research. The woman was sentenced against her denial to two years and six months in prison and damages to Västerås city, according to research. The woman received a business prohibition for five years and her company was ordered to pay a corporate fine of one million SEK, according to research.
Seven executives were bought out from Västerås city at a cost of nearly ten million SEK, according to research. The reasons for the buyouts have not been disclosed.