Tommy Sharif and his brother is arrested – TV 2

Tommy Sharif sits now in police interrogation, accused of gross evasion of its own bankruptcy.

– What we can say is that he was arrested about nine o’clock, and he is charged with suspicion of evasion from bankruptcy by Penal Code Section 283, says the head of the Economic Crime Team in Romerike Police, Bjørn Ivar Thune, to TV 2.

– The arrest took place quiet and calm outside an address in Oslo, said Thune.

The brother also arrested

Tuesday afternoon TV 2 confirmed that Sharif’s brother also arrested by police.

– He sits in interrogations at Romerike. It is also found a large sum of money, say Thune.

The police also searched the premises of dekkongen with a specially trained dog, looking for evidence. Among other things, made the dog search of several tires on the premises, but it is unclear whether it is here that the great sum of money was found.

It was Dagens Næringsliv who first publicized case.

Arrested on deck center

Tommy Sharif (39) started with the sale of tires and rims from parents’ garage in Romerike and became multimillionaire high media profile. All of Sharif, nine companies are now under bankruptcy proceedings after Sharif have filed for bankruptcy.

– The reason for the charge is the bankruptcies and the information about evasion from bankruptcy estates that have emerged from the trustee and the tax administration, said Thune.

It is not yet decided whether Sharif requested custody.

Sharif defends John Christian Elden has so far not responded to TV2′s inquiries, but says the following to Dagens Næringsliv:

– I requested to get sent to the indictment, so we can comment on it. Until indictment is received, it is difficult to comment on anything, he said.

Illegal loans in millions

During the bankruptcy proceedings of Sharif companies in Lower Romerike District Court on Monday was a recurrent theme is that in several of the companies shipped missing accounts, it was illegal loans in the millions, and the companies were operated for creditor bill, writes online newspaper.

trustee Christian Lundin suspect financial crime and alerts possible invalidation of transactions and directors’ liability for Sharif.

– This money belongs to the companies in Sharif system, and Tommy Sharif has agreed to that money neither is his or her son. This means we will have to return, said trustee Christian Lundin Monday.

Lundin has had trouble getting access to last annual report. A data server that contains the accounts should be removed, and the same should apply camera surveillance equipment and multiple hard drives. Only Sharif has access to the room where this was kept, said Lundin in court.

Downloaded 2.9 million to itself

According to a ruling from Romerike District Court Sharif transferred well NOK 2.9 million from a number of companies their to himself in 2013 and in 2014, money that was not reported to the IRS, according to Dagens Næringsliv.

The transfers are of such a size that according to the ruling must be regarded as gross tax fraud.

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