Sweden's Tax Agency has a problem — and it is now publicly documented.

Since summer 2025, the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) has been the subject of a series of investigations and news stories exposing serious misconduct. A prosecutor has opened a criminal investigation against the agency's Director General and senior officials for suspected crimes. The agency was ordered by a court to repay money to a citizen — and refused to pay, resulting in Skatteverket itself being reported to the Swedish Enforcement Authority. A former employee at Deloitte has publicly stated that it was openly discussed inside Skatteverket how to influence courts to rule in the agency's favour. A survey by the Swedish Bar Association found that 90% of lawyers handling tax cases say the process needs fundamental change, and over 60% say the administrative courts function poorly — largely because the courts routinely approve whatever Skatteverket decides without independent scrutiny.

I am one of those citizens. My name is Oscar Stark. I am a Swedish engineer, currently unemployed, and I am facing criminal trial on 19–20 March 2026 for aggravated tax fraud — a charge that carries up to six years in prison.

I did not commit tax fraud. The charge is based on a US accounting error made by my company's tax preparer in 2018, who mistakenly filed the company's income under my personal name. The US Internal Revenue Service has since formally corrected this a process that took years due to the complicated processes that the IRS has in place — confirming in writing that the income belonged to the company, not to me, and that the company's sole owner was someone else entirely.

Despite this, Skatteverket assessed me personally for SEK 2,317,495 in unpaid taxes for 2017 by cherry-picking information from whatever sources they could obtain to maximize the tax liability, and the criminal prosecution followed. Official IRS documentation — including a signed letter from the IRS naming the true owner — was submitted to every level of the Swedish courts. It was rejected each time without adequate reasoning. Three administrative courts simply agreed with Skatteverket.

It has since emerged that Skatteverket held two pieces of evidence that would have ended this case years ago: the company's Certificate of Formation (showing I am not named as owner) and a December 2022 IRS response directly answering Skatteverket's own question about the company's legal status. Neither document was ever disclosed to me or placed before the courts. Skatteverket's own senior official confirmed this suppression in writing in February 2026. A criminal complaint for misconduct has been filed against the named official.

While fighting this case I have taken loans to cover living costs and legal expenses. I have no money left. Trial is in 17 days.

I have found a lawyer willing to represent me. His fee is 40,000 SEK. I am raising 50,000–60,000 SEK to cover the fee and essential costs.

I am not asking anyone to fund a long legal battle. I am asking for help to ensure I do not walk into a criminal court in 17 days without legal representation — on a charge that the very agency bringing it has contradicted in its own documents.

WHAT YOUR SUPPORT COVERS

• 40,000 SEK — lawyer fee for the 19–20 March trial

• 10,000–20,000 SEK — court costs, document preparation, contingency

KEY FACTS

• The IRS has confirmed in writing that I was not the owner of the company and that the income is not my personal liability.

• Skatteverket's own official admitted in writing that key exculpatory evidence was never disclosed to me or the courts.

• A police report has been filed for misconduct by the named Skatteverket official.

• An application to the European Court of Human Rights is being prepared.

Every contribution — however small — makes a difference. Thank you.

Oscar Stark

Stockholm, Sweden