A former executive from a major Danish brewing company, along with an accomplice, is set to face trial next week in Næstved, where they are expected to plead guilty to fraud amounting to 29 million Danish kroner (approximately 4.3 million USD). The former executive announced his departure from the company last year, stating that he was seeking new challenges after two decades of service.

The case involves a series of payments made between 2015 and the end of 2023, with the majority of the funds funneled to the accomplice’s company located in Taastrup, a suburb of Copenhagen. According to the charges presented at the Næstved court, there have been significant financial transactions comprising 237 payments that transferred around 21 million kroner to the Taastrup-based company from 2018 to 2023. An additional 6 million kroner was distributed across 120 payments that ended up in an account belonging to a woman also charged in the case. Two smaller incidents concern amounts exceeding 1.6 million kroner, which were diverted to accounts belonging to the accomplice or his companies.

Following police arrests on March 20, two men and two women in their 40s were charged. Three of them were remanded in custody, while one of the women was released and the other woman was released later as well. Nevertheless, all remain charged in the case and are expected to appear in court next week.

Prosecutors have upgraded the charges to include particularly severe data fraud, as opposed to the initial charge of fraud. The court proceedings are anticipated to conclude with a guilty plea, implying that a more in-depth presentation of evidence may not be necessary.