A SWEDISH social media ‘influencer’ who ran off to Spain after facing money laundering and tax dodging charges was arrested in Torrevieja last month.
The Policia Nacional acted on a European Arrest Warrant for the 35-year-old Swede after being tipped off that he was somewhere in Alicante province.
Multiple locations were checked out before he was detained in Torrevieja on December 27.
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The National Court in Madrid processed his extradition and he arrived back in Sweden on January 9.
The man faces up to 28 years in prison with undisclosed large sums of money involved in a large scale operation.
The offences were committed since 2021 as he worked as an ‘influencer’ appearing on live online streams and publishing videos on social media networks.
The influencer has hundreds of thousands of followers on YouTube and Instagram and is mentioned on a Swedish media 2025 list as a ‘power holder’.
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