In the indictment, the prosecutor wrote down the amount of drugs money - but converted the bitcoins to kroner, which was a mistake. Credit: Charles Krupa/AP/TT
Crime
Costly legal error sees millions returned to convicted drug dealers
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The Swedish state was forced to return some SEK13 million to convicted drug dealers, money they have made from selling drugs.
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It stems from an expensive mistake when the criminal money was "converted" in the indictment from the crypto currency bitcoin into Swedish kroner, just before the currency's exchange rate skyrocketed.
- "It is unfortunate. The lesson to learn from this is to keep the value in bitcoins," says public prosecutor Tove Kullberg.
