Supreme Court dismisses fraud charge for selling apartment share to cohabitants without disclosure of prior debt.

The Supreme Court of Finland dismissed the prosecution's charge of fraud against the defendant regarding the sale of an apartment share to a couple living together. The prosecution argued that the defendant concealed a prior debt from the buyers, constituting fraud under the Penal Code. However, the court ruled that the buyers' knowledge of the debt was not essential to the validity of the transaction, and the lack of explicit disclosure did not amount to criminal fraud in this context.