Arson attack against Jewish woman draws Nordic hoax case with LTF leading

A 21-year-old Danish LTF member was involved in swindling an elderly woman one day, and the next day he set fire to a Jewish woman's apartment in Denmark.

After that, he went back to Finland and continued swindling.

There is at least suspicion against the man, according to DR, based on documents from Denmark and Finland.

The documents reveal that the man, who is charged with terrorism in connection with an arson attack earlier this year, is also suspected in a comprehensive case of contact fraud, where elderly people in the entire Nordic region have been swindled. ()

The Police Intelligence Service (PET) had previously warned against exactly this intersection, where people from the organized criminal milieu engage in terrorist activities.

The case with the Danish LTF member could be an example of several trends right now, according to Jacob Kaarsbo. He is a former chief analyst in the Defense Intelligence Service (FE).

- One of them could be that these people are hired to do something with a political motivation without being politically or nationally motivated themselves, he says.

The warning from PET came earlier this year, after the 21-year-old man was arrested and detained for terrorism () after setting fire to an apartment in Copenhagen that belonged to a Jewish woman.

In this connection, the security service stated that the accused had relations to the banned organization Loyal to Familia.

The details behind the relationship were not disclosed, but DR News can now report that the man spent a few days in Helsinki after the arson attack and, according to the police, ran a swindel center.

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Requires new cooperation

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There have been several examples in Europe of criminals being hired for money to commit crime – and terror.

It happens on behalf of others – even state actors such as Iran and Russia, according to Jacob Kaarsbo.

- I believe most often it's the money motivation that drives the criminals. They're not necessarily supporters of Iran's religious regime for example.

- Therefore, it's also another task for intelligence services, different than if you're dealing with ideological criminals, because these people don't operate like terrorists would normally, he says.

Jacob Kaarsbo points out that it gives PET a multifaceted task, where they in higher degree than before must collaborate with "ordinary police," who have a large knowledge of organized crime and gangs in the country.

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Crime as a service

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Crime has become a service according to several European police agencies.

On homepages and in encrypted messaging services, criminals can request and offer a service.

It can be anything from stolen credit cards to hacking for sale to contract killings. Often, what is offered or requested and the price for a specific service is stated in the groups.

From there, criminal networks take their communication further in private forums on encrypted messaging services like Signal.

In Sweden, the Swedish Security Police Säpo has reported that Iran has made use of Swedish criminal networks as "proxies" to commit crime on behalf of the Iranian regime.

Sources: Europol and Säpo

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Police: Ran swindel from apartment

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It was the Copenhagen Police who reported on the extensive case of contact fraud last week. According to the police, eight men with Danish residence or Danish citizenship are involved.

Four of them have ties to the banned organization Loyal To Familia (LTF).

The physical hub for the alleged swindle was an apartment in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, which functioned as a kind of call center – just for crime.

According to the indictments, the swindle took place from May 1st to June 4th. It was also during this period that the 21-year-old man, according to the police, set fire to the Jewish woman's apartment in Copenhagen.

According to the police, it went beyond the woman, as she was Jewish.

PET declines to comment on the case of the 21-year-old, who operates behind closed doors. Previously, the head of the Center for Terror Analysis (CTA) in PET Michael Hamann has stated that:

- If organized criminals or individual persons from these groups engage in extremist activities on behalf of themselves or others, it falls under PET's full attention.

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