Military trials|The man kept three valuable laptops with him for years, even when they were searched for.
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The Air Force major (evp) received a four-month suspended prison sentence for theft and service crime.
The major stole three MacBook Pro laptops from the Defense Forces in 2019 and kept them for himself.
The criminal service conviction resulted from absences from the workplace at the General Staff in 2021.
The court ordered the major to compensate the Defense Forces 2,500 euros as damages.
Air Force major (evp) received a four-month suspended prison sentence on Friday at the Helsinki Court of Appeal for theft and service crime.
The court found that the already retired man had stolen three new Defense Forces MacBook Pro laptops in 2019 and kept them for years.
Their value was around 6,800 euros, they were unused and the work took years. In addition, the major was in a relatively high position in terms of his duties and took advantage of the trust associated with it. He could have been expected to behave appropriately, the court justified the verdict.
At that time, the man worked as the director of the Air Force Staff’s management system sector. He said that he had taken three laptops from his office unannounced and taken them to his home and summer cottage. He returned them only when he was questioned as a suspect four years later.
When the machines had been searched before, he did not tell where they were.
Theft according to the court, it was especially the fact that he did not return the machines. He didn’t return them even when he moved from the Air Force to the General Staff. Similarly, embezzlement was indicated by the fact that he used the machines for other than official use and the fact that there were three of them.
The man appealed to his personal circumstances and lack of memory, and claimed that he had only borrowed them.
The criminal service conviction was the result of the man’s absence from his workplace at the General Staff for two weeks in 2021. The court stated that despite the calls, the man did not apply for occupational health, did not arrive at his workplace, did not submit documents for the reasons for his absence, and did not work remotely.
The court pointed out that, as a professional soldier, it must have been clear to him that he has the obligation to arrive at the workplace in accordance with the shift plan or submit an acceptable document for his absence.
The major told about the effects of his health on the events, but the court still considered the act intentional. The court ordered the man to pay 2,500 euros in damages to the Defense Forces.
The first level of processing in the case was the Helsinki Court of Appeal, because the defendant’s military rank is major.
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