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KKO VL:2026-231 AI generated

Supreme Court allows appeal on whether stolen funds constitute legal benefit or state loss under criminal law.

Case Number KKO VL:2026-231
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal regarding whether funds received by the defendant constituted a legal benefit or state loss under Section 10, Chapter 2, Paragraph 4 of the Criminal Code. The defendant admitted to receiving over 79,000 euros through fraudulent transfers and forwarding them to others, facing charges of serious money laundering. The court decided to allow the appeal to determine the precise legal classification of the assets for sentencing purposes.

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Section 10, Chapter 2, Paragraph 4 of the Criminal Code; The court must determine whether illicitly obtained funds constitute a legal benefit or state loss to establish the requisite conditions for conviction under the specified provision.

Keywords

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money laundering legal benefit state loss fraudulent transfer criminal code sentencing criteria asset classification

Cited Legislation

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Section 10, Chapter 2, Paragraph 4 of the Criminal Code
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kko-precedent_2006_9
Supreme Court allows confiscation of excess funds under expanded benefit rules for major drug trafficking.
kko-precedent_2002_60
Supreme Court allows confiscation of VAT amount as illegal gain when stolen property value exceeds compensation paid.
kko-precedent_2007_67
Supreme Court applies old harsher law to money laundering case ending before new law to avoid retroactive lighter punishment.
ECLI:FI:KKO:2025:7
Supreme Court allows confiscation of cash from drug offender who failed to prove legal source.
appeal_1981_eastern-finland__1574
Court allows confiscation of illicit gains despite acquittal on the main traffic offense charge.

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A oli ottanut tilisiirtoina vastaan esirikoksen asianomistajalta erehdyttämällä

hankittuja varoja yhteensä yli 79 000 euroa. A oli lähettänyt varat eteenpäin

toisille henkilöille osin tilisiirtoina ja osin nostanut ne tililtään. A:n syyksi

oli luettu törkeä rahanpesu.

Kysymys siitä oliko asiassa ollut edellytykset tuomita rikoslain 10 luvun 2 §:n 4

momentin perusteella taloudellisena hyötynä tai tällaisen omaisuuden arvona

valtiolle menetetyksi A:n vastaanottamat varat.

Valituslupakortti sisältää kuvauksen siitä kysymyksestä, johon liittyen asiassa on

myönnetty valituslupa. Sen sisältö ei sido korkeinta oikeutta eikä rajoita asian

käsittelyä siltä osin kuin valituslupa on myönnetty.