– The Oslo police district has for a short time investigated an employee at the Prime Minister’s office (SMK) in relation to financial infidelity towards the employer, section leader Rune Skjold in the Oslo police district confirms to NRK.
Skjold says they received a review from SMK a few weeks ago.
It was VG who first reported the case.
– We are aware that a former employee at the Prime Minister’s office is now charged with gross financial infidelity, writes Anne Kristin Hjukse, communications manager at SMK, in an e-mail to VG.
The accused has himself chosen to resign his position at the office, and resigned with immediate effect, Hjukse states.
Lawyer Elden: Personal matters
– He has admitted to having lived in an apartment that was actually set aside for ministers or parliamentary representatives over a period of around two years. And that he has been there without having asked the employer about this, says the accused’s lawyer John Christian Elden.
He says personal relationships are behind it.
– And then there was an opportunity that presented itself when the apartment stood there and looked empty, Elden explains.
He says the person in question has explained himself to the police and acknowledged the actual circumstances of the case.
– Then it is up to the police to decide whether it is affected by the provisions of the Penal Code. If they think so, it will probably be a quick confession, says Elden.
Has been in for questioning
SAYS THE ACCUSED COOPERATION: Rune Skjold, section leader in the Oslo police district, says the accused has helped to solve the case.
Photo: Siri Saugstad / NRK
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The police tell NRK that the accused has been cooperative.
– He has helped to solve the case. He has given his explanation, and contributed to further information, says Skjold.
– Now we will go through the documentation we have received. We are working to find the exact amount of what the infidelity will be about, he says.
The police are investigating the person in question for unjustified gain section 391 of the Penal Code cf. 390.
