{"id":168546,"date":"2026-04-17T07:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T05:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=168546"},"modified":"2026-04-17T07:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T05:47:33","slug":"sveriges-snalaste-man-gunther-marder-begard-haktad-for-insiderbrott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/swedens-most-cunning-man-gunther-marder-begard-charged-with-insider-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201dSweden's stingiest man\u201d - G\u00fcnther M\u00e5rder requested to be arrested for insider trading"},"content":{"rendered":"
G\u00fcnther M\u00e5rder, Chairman of the Board of Spotlight Group, has been remanded in custody. The suspicion relates to aggravated insider trading during the period 2024-2026.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday evening it was announced that the financial G\u00fcnther M\u00e5rder<\/strong>, dubbed \u201dSweden's stingiest man\u201d by the media, has been remanded in custody. According to the public prosecutor Thomas Hertz<\/strong> the suspicions of gross insider trading in the last two years, reports Industry Today<\/a> <\/strong>(DI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 The petition for arrest concerns aggravated insider trading during the years 2024-2026. Otherwise, I cannot comment<\/em>, he says to DI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reports, a detention hearing is expected to be held shortly after the announcement, but the exact date has not been set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bought shares for millions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

During the period in question, M\u00e5rder has made several major share transactions. The most recent registered transaction took place in March, when he bought around 600,000 shares in the company Prisma at a value of just over SEK 14 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also owns more than 97,000 shares in Raysearch, worth around SEK 22.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an earlier comment about his investments, he stated that \u201dI will soon be a reasonably large shareholder from a private financial perspective<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published under EU rules<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The information about the arrest was first released via Spotlight Group. The company states that it was obliged to publish the information under EU financial market regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dThe company has no reason to believe that this concerns Spotlight Group\u201d<\/em>, the company writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 We have no further information and cannot provide any further comments<\/em>, adds CEO Peter G\u00f6nczi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several heavy missions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

G\u00fcnther M\u00e5rder has been Chairman of Spotlight Group since spring 2023. He has also had several other assignments, including links to the Swedish Public Employment Service and board assignments in various companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Employment Service states that they became aware of the situation through the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dWe had no knowledge of this but have received the information through the media. During the evening we have been in contact with the government via the Ministry of Labor. It is the government that appoints board members and they must now deal with this\u201d<\/em>, writes the agency's press officer Hans G Larsson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raising questions about transparency<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Insider dealing involves using secret information to make trades on the stock exchange. This type of crime is considered serious because it can affect confidence in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case highlights the importance of clear rules and the investigation of suspected irregularities. At the same time, it draws attention to how information is disseminated and how responsibilities are managed when people hold multiple positions in both the private and public sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Renowned financial professional requested to be remanded in custody - suspected of insider trading for two years. Million-dollar deals and several top jobs now in focus<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":168551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1522,205],"tags":[6636,6635],"class_list":["post-168546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-mellan","category-nyheter","tag-haktning","tag-insiderbrott"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}