Red Cross official admits multi-million kronor fraud
Published: 21 Apr 10 11:25 CET
The trial began on Wednesday of former Swedish Red Cross communications chief Johan af Donner, who quickly confessed to swindling the aid organisation and the Swedish Cancer Fund out of millions of kronor.
週三開始審判前瑞典紅十字會通訊頭頭約翰af唐納，他很快地供認詐騙援助組織和瑞典癌症基金會數百萬克朗。
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Prosecutor Alf Johansson listed a long list of charges when the trial opened at Stockholm District Court.
檢察官阿爾夫約翰松列出一長列的收費，當審判在斯德哥爾摩地區法院開始。
"Both in the cases of the Red Cross and the Swedish Cancer Fund we're talking about serious and systematic criminal activity over a period of many years," he said.
“在紅十字會和瑞典癌症基金會兩者的案件中，我們在談論過去多年間的認真和有系統犯罪活動，”他說。
Af Donner, who could face a lengthy jail term if convicted, has been charged along with two alleged accomplices, who deny many of the charges against them.
Af唐納如果罪名成立，他可能會面對冗長的刑期，他被指控與兩名涉嫌同謀，他們則否認許多針對他們的指控。
The former Red Cross communications director is charged with aggravated fraud and aggravated bribery and his accomplices are charged with aggravated bribery, aggravated accounting fraud and aggravated fiscal fraud.
前紅十字會通訊董事被控嚴重化的欺詐和嚴重化的賄賂，和他的同夥被控以嚴重化的賄賂，嚴重化的會計欺詐和嚴重化的財政欺詐。
The Red Cross said the fraud amounted to 7.7 million kronor ($1.1 million). The suspects are accused of stealing 5.2 million kronor from the Red Cross between 2004 and 2009, and 2.5 million kronor from the Swedish Cancer Society, where af Donner had previously worked, between 2000 and 2003.
紅十字會表示欺詐達 770萬瑞典克朗（約合 110萬美元），犯罪嫌疑人被控在2004年至2009年從紅十字會盜竊520萬克朗 ，及從 瑞典癌症協會盜竊250萬瑞典克朗，af唐納在2000年至2003年之間曾經在那裡工作過。
Af Donner, who worked for the Red Cross until the middle of last year, is accused of making up fake invoices with the help of his unidentified accomplices, who worked for suppliers.
"He wants to do the right thing and repair the damage he has caused," said af Donner's lawyer Leif Silbersky.
The legal counsel underlined however that his client denied the charges of bribery.
"We don't share the prosecutor's point of view with regard to the alleged bribery and I intend to attempt to ensure the consequences for him [af Donner] are as reasonable as possible," said Silbersky.
Some 4.2 million kronor of the total amount owed to the Red Cross and the Swedish Cancer Fund has already been secured through the Swedish Enforcement Authority (Kronofogden).
"I'm glad we discovered the irregularities and reported them to the police, which in turn has led to a trial," said Red Cross secretary general Christer Zettergren.
"The accused are now being brought to account and the Red Cross can get on with its activities," he added.
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