Free access to the it systems: Britta could swindle from home

Britta Nielsen should not worry about being looked over the shoulder of colleagues when she, according to the charges transferred millions of dollars from Socialstyrelsens box for its own accounts.

With the username B02456 and a password she had namely free access to the systems, so she could log on anywhere and anytime.

It reveals aktindsigter, Ekstra Bladet has sought in the Ministry of social affairs:

’the national board of social services can tell you that Britta Nielsen, as the majority of the Socialstyrelsens other employees, had a portable PC, which she will be able to log on Socialstyrelsens network and via a VPN access to access the systems, which were relevant in relation to the concrete sector can’, as it says in the material.

And the 64-year-old senior secretary had access to the agency's most vital systems. Britta Nielsen had user rights to the agency's finances managers Navision and she was also a super user in the tilskudsadministrative system TAS, which plays an absolutely central role in the case

In total reached Britta Nielsen, according to the charges to make at least 272 transactions since 2002 for a total of 111 million. kr..

Britta Nielsen people from the job in national board of social services in the beginning of september, and Saturday the 22. september at. 22.40 took off from Zurich, with a flight to Johannesburg in south Africa.

In all the time she had continued access to the systems. In a familiar orientation, national board of social services has given to the Socialmininisteriet on the matter, so that ’her entries were closed on the 24. september in connection with the suspicion’.

According to the anti money laundering expert Jacob Dedenroth Bernhoft, director of the revisorjura.dk, Britta Nielsen hjemmeadgang yet an aggravating circumstance in the case:

– There have been a total lack of control of the payouts. And it makes the case even worse, that she has been able to sit at home and do it here.

– The lack of control is also exhibited when she has been able to make these transactions at home, others have to approve it, he says.

Ekstra Bladet has tried in vain to get a comment from the children's and social security Mai Mercado(K). In an email response write to the ministry, pending the availability of two external investigations, including an audit examination:

’among other things, to clarify the scope and the sequence of events surrounding the misuse of grant funds, as well as how such an economic misuse of the grant funds have been able to find the place.’

Britta-case

– from 2002 to 2018 – managed according to the police charges for the 64-year-old Britta Nielsen to move at least 111 million dollars from the agency's coffers to their own pockets.

was arrested in south Africa on 5. november and arrived to Denmark 9. november, where she was remanded in custody.

by december, she chose voluntarily to extend his pre-trial detention up to 15. January.

for fraud of aggravated nature, punishable by up to eight years in prison.

Samina, Jamilla and Jimmy Hayat, is charged with gross handling of stolen goods, that can provide up to six years in prison.

today on the free foot, while Jimmy, like his mother voluntarily has agreed to extend pre-trial detention until mid-January. He refuses guilty just like her sisters.