Martin Kinnunen

Martin Anders Kinnunen, (born 15 May 1983) is a Swedish-Finnish member of parliament for the Sweden Democrats party.[1] He was previously the press secretary for the party, as well as leader for the party's youth organisation, Sweden Democratic Youth (SDU), between 2005 and 2007.[1] He took over that position from Jimmie Åkesson and was succeeded by Erik Almqvist. Kinnunen has also worked as an office secretary for the Sweden Democrats' national organisation in Stockholm; he left the position in late 2009. Kinnunen and his fiancee were assaulted and beaten at an attack at Gullmarsplan subway station in Stockholm on 6 June 2009.[2] Three women were later convicted for the attack on Kinnunen's fiancee, and one man was sentenced to prison for the same attack.[2]

Martin Kinnunen
Member of the Riksdagen
Assumed office
2014
Leader of the Sweden Democratic Youth
In office
May 2005 – 2007
Preceded byJimmie Åkesson
Succeeded byErik Almqvist
Personal details
Born
Martin Anders Kinnunen

(1983-05-15) 15 May 1983
Political partySweden Democrats

On 29 September 2015, Kinnunen was charged with two cases of tax fraud.[3] He was accused of embezzling large amounts of money while working for the Sweden Democrat owned companies Samtid och Framtid and Blåsippan AB.[4] He was acquitted of all charges by the district court on 5 February 2016.[5] However, as trials continued in November 2016, it was revealed that Kinunnen had authorized fraudulent dates on the concerned invoices; the final outcome is as yet unknown,[6] although he stated on 22 November that even if he were found guilty of serious tax fraud on behalf of the SweDems, he would continue as a SweDem politician without issue.[7] On December 6, 2016, the Court of Appeal found him guilty of accounting fraud.[8] He was sentenced to a fine of approximately 9,000 EUR while the SweDem owned company was fined 30,000EUR for fraudulent accounting and tax evasion.[9]

References
  1. "Nya sverigefinländare till riksdagen". svt.se. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. Kvinnor frias för SD misshandel Dagens Nyheter Retrieved 22 March 2016 Archived 8 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Mikael Bondesson (29 September 2015). "Sverigedemokraten Martin Kinnunen åtalad". DN.SE. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  4. "SD:s Martin Kinnunen åtalad för skattebrott". Expressen. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  5. TT (5 February 2016). "SD:s Martin Kinnunen frias i tingsrätten". SvD.se. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  6. http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sds-nya-fakturabluff--fejkade-datum-for-att-tacka-momsproblem/
  7. http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/kinnunen-om-sitt-politiska-uppdrag/
  8. http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/martin-kinnunen-falls-for-bokforingsbrott/
  9. http://www.aftonbladet.se/senastenytt/ttnyheter/inrikes/article24053107.ab

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