Jens Lapidus - Easy Money

And then, on a day in June, the message arrived: The cabbages in England’d finished growing. They were big and dense enough. In a week, they would arrive, packed in containers.

JW and Abdulkarim’d contracted a real transportation company, Schenker Vegetables, Ltd. They’d booked storage spaces around town where the shit would be stored, conferred with the Brits about price guarantees and quality control, made sure the right drivers handled the load. Organized and planned to the max.

Soon they’d flood Stockholm’s boroughs with massive quantities of C.

JW and Jorge’d calculated, contemplated. Organized the dealers in accordance with the new quantities that would be available.

The early summer air was thick with excitement.

Within a few months, if all went according to plan, JW would be a multimillionaire.

LINDSKOG MALMSTRÖM LAW FIRM

BANKRUPTCY ESTATE INVENTORY DEED

A. GENERAL INFORMATION

DEBTORS

Stockholm’s Video Specialist, Ltd., 556987-2265

The Video Buddy, Ltd., 55655-6897

Registered location: Stockholm

Registered Representatives

Member of the Board Christer Lindberg

Ekholmsvägen 35

127 48 SKÄRHOLMEN

Deputy Eva Gröberg (deceased)

Portholmsgången 47

127 48 SKÄRHOLMEN

ACCOUNTANT

Mikhael Stoianovic

SHARE CAPITAL

100,000 kronor

DAY OF INSOLVENCY

June 10 of this year

BANKRUPTCY ADMINISTRATOR

Göran Grundberg

B. OVERVIEW OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

The bankruptcy estate inventory deed shows the following:

ASSETS

(Primarily assets from cash registers, inventories, and current assets in the form of VHS and DVD films)

11,124.00

LIABILITIES

Prioritized debts (tax claims)174,612.00

FLR § 11

Nonprioritized debts43,268.00

Estate’s deficit206,756.00

The estate inventory has been approved by the company’s registered representative.

C. INTRODUCTION

GENERAL

Since a while back, I have been investigating a number of companies that are suspected of being a part of a so-called money-laundering scheme. The debtors in question, Stockholm Video Specialist, Ltd. (referred to below as Video Specialist), and the Video Buddy, Ltd. (referred to below as Video Buddy), are suspected of being a part of a group of companies with connection to the so-called Yugoslavian Mafia in Stockholm. Other companies included in the same sphere are Clara’s Kitchen & Bar, Ltd., Diamond Catering, Ltd., and the Demolition Experts in Nälsta, Ltd. The companies are involved in varying fields of business, but the so-called shadow owners are probably the same.

DEBTORS

Christer Lindberg acquired Video Specialist in September of last year from Ali Köyglu, who previously operated a dry-cleaning business on the premises. According to Christer Lindberg, the purchase price was 130,000 kronor. We have been unable to confirm that figure with Ali Köyglu. Christer Lindberg acquired Video Buddy in the course of the same month from Öz Izdan, who previously operated a video-rental business on the premises, under the company name Karlaplans Video, Ltd. Christer Lindberg has informed us that he is unable to recall the purchase price. Öz Izdan has refused to answer questions regarding the sale. According to Christer Lindberg, no written documents were drawn up over the sale.

Christer Lindberg has not been active as director. He has had nothing to do with the accounts, nor played an active part in the decision-making process of the companies in question.

BACKGROUND AND DATE OF COMPANIES’ INSOLVENCY

The debt largely constitutes tax liabilities. The companies have probably been run in order to launder money for the shadow owners. Secret accounts have been kept, which reveal that the companies’ actual proceeds amount to the following (average numbers calculated based on the first six months of operation): Video Specialist, 52,017 kronor; Video Buddy, 46,122 kronor. The figures reported to the tax authorities between November and March of the current year show heavily inflated profits for both companies. This money has not been derived through the revenues of the companies’ business.

In April of this year, tax payments were reduced markedly and appear to have become based on the companies’ actual profits. Tax authorities made estimated assessments based on the previous fiscal year; in other words, based on the fictive profits. Insolvency is therefore caused by a lack of funds to pay existing tax liabilities. The date of insolvency for both companies has been fixed for the end of May.

BANKRUPTCY, ETC.

On May 11 of this year, the Enforcement Authority requested that the companies be declared bankrupt. The district court decided to declare the companies bankrupt on May 12. Christer Lindberg had no objection to the decision. He has been called to a creditor’s meetings on several occasions. He has not appeared voluntarily. On June 12, the district court ruled that the debtor be collected by the police, at which point Christer Lindberg made an appearance. He testified under oath that he was unaware that parts of the companies’ reported income did not derive from the video-rental business.

ALLEGED CRIME

The undersigned is of the view that Christer Lindberg has acted as a so-called straw man for the companies. He has had no insight into operations but, rather, has served solely as the physical person liable for the companies’ business on paper. The tax authorities have filed a notice of suspected crime with the Economic Crime Authority and an investigation has begun. The bankruptcy investigation has been carried out in cooperation with the Economic Crime Authority and the National Tax Agency.

Göran Grundberg

Summer break’d begun one week ago. His daughter was finally in a safe place-Lovisa and Annika were in Spain for three weeks. Mrado covered costs. A vacation cottage in Bergshamra was also rented, fifteen minutes south of Norrtälje. Genuine feel to the place, red-painted timber walls with white borders. Big lawn for Lovisa to practice her cartwheels on. And cunt Annika and her friends could enjoy themselves any way they liked-play croquet, kubb, badminton. Practically paradise.

Mrado hoped they’d keep clear of Gröndal as much as possible.

It oughta work. The cottage was well equipped. There was a washing machine, a dishwasher, a TV, and a DVD player. Lovisa and Annika would have a relaxing summer far from the city. It was a temporary solution, but perfect for the present.

As for himself, Mrado felt pretty safe. It’d been more than two months since he’d gotten a new apartment. Installed an alarm system. Bought a new car. Got a PO box address, stopped working out at Fitness Club, switched cell phones.

Contracted Ratko as a bodyguard: His old squire was hired to stay close to Mrado at sensitive times. Discover any eventual R. honchos before they had time to act. Screen swarms of lead with his bulletproof vest. Ratko charged a killing, but it was worth it. The important thing was to create the impression for Radovan that Mrado was well protected and that he played in the same league as Mr. R.

Mrado’d looked into whom he could trust. They were informed: Ratko, Bobban, a few guys from the gym. Within a few days, Mrado and Nenad were gonna go live. Show Radovan their version of the term Serbian solidarity.

Risk of confrontation. Risk of brutal clash. Risk of injuries.

But Mrado was confident: When the big C load’d been lifted, he and Nenad were gonna be the new rulers.

The market division pretty much worked perfectly. The HA and the Bandidos MC’d buried the hatchet. That alone was a feat from Mrado’s end. The Bandidos’d let go of parts of their cocaine market in the inner city and all of their coat-check blackmailing business. Instead, they’d increased the protection racket in the southern boroughs. The HA jacked up booze smuggling in all of middle Sweden but reduced their protection racket in Stockholm. The Original Gangsters kept at the CIT heists. Cut down on blow biz in the projects. Sold heavy in the northern boroughs. The only ones who didn’t give a fuck were Naser’s gang-difficult to influence.