UMEA, Sweden, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A 29-year-old Swedish man faces multiple charges for pretending he was kidnapped to extort money from his parents, police said.
Prosecutor Kjell Janneson said the parents paid $2,243 to an accomplice to secure their son's release, Sweden's The Local reported Tuesday.
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After questioning several friends of the son, police learned he had been staying at the house of an acquaintance and wasn't a kidnap victim.
He was arrested on suspicion of extortion, narcotics crimes and fraud.
The suspect had previously been convicted of robbery, fraud, assault and drug crimes.
