Judgments|Saarela and his wife tricked the concerned owner into signing a lease. However, they had no intention of paying rent.
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The District Court of Helsinki has sentenced film director Olli Saarela to 80 days of conditional imprisonment for fraud and illegal threats.
In 2021, Saarela and his spouse Riitta Sinkkonen-Saarela tricked the owner into renting them an apartment by falsely claiming that it was an employment apartment.
However, Saarela and Sinkkonen-Saarela had no intention of paying the rent, and they caused the owner more than 5,400 euros in damage.
Helsinki the district court has sentenced the film director Olli Saarelan for fraud and unlawful threatening to 80 days of probation.
Saarela’s spouse Riitta Sinkkonen-Saarela was sentenced to 70 days’ probation for fraud.
According to the verdict, the fraud took place between August and October 2021 and the illegal threat took place in October 2021.
Petos is related to the residential apartment lease.
Saarela and Sinkkonen-Saarela had persuaded the interested owner to rent them an apartment by telling them that the rented apartment would become Sinkkonen-Saarela’s employment apartment. The couple believed that the apartment would be transferred to the name of the wife’s employer or the couple after the contract was signed.
However, Sinkkonen-Saarela’s employment relationship had not included an employee apartment, and the couple had neither the ability nor the intention to transfer the contract out of the name of the interested party or to pay him rent.
According to the subpoena, Saarela and Sinkkonen-Saarela caused a financial loss of 5,410 euros to the interested party due to unpaid rents and termination of the contract. Sinkkonen-Saarela benefited from the situation financially to the same extent.
Brass the threat is related to a situation where, according to the prosecutor, Saarela has threatened the interested party with beatings and assault crimes. In the situation, the owner has had a justified reason to fear that his safety is in serious danger.
Saarela and Sinkkonen-Saarela denied that they were guilty of misleading the interested party. Saarela also denied being guilty of illegal threats.
The couple was sentenced to compensate the damage caused to the interested party in the amount of 5,410 euros, including late payment interest.
Saarela was sentenced to compensate the state for the cost of evidence 112.80 euros. In addition, he must pay the affected person 800 euros in damages.
Both Saarela and her husband were each sentenced to pay a crime victim’s fee of 80 euros to the state.
The judgment is not binding.
Saarelan unpaid rent arrears have been in recent years in the headlines, and he has been in court because of them. In addition Stop reported in June about Saarela’s drug conviction.
Saarela has directed, among other things, films Rolli and forest spirit (2001), Year of the wolf (2007) and Harjunpää & evil priest (2010).