Aarhus City Hall exterior, Denmark, illustrative image. — Illustrative image. Photo: martinwm, CC BY-SA 4.0

Municipal Department Head, Lightly Used, Priced in Concert Tickets

One machinery supplier, one badminton sponsorship of 210,000 kroner, no favours proven. Court still said guilty.

Sold2010–2016Local

DKK 210,000≈ €28.1KAs stated in the source: 210.000 kroner

Already sold, to S.D. Kjærsgaard A/S, in 2010–2016. Nothing on Lobay is for sale.

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Seller

Role: former municipal department head
Institution: Aarhus Kommune
Place: Aarhus
Country: Denmark

Item specifics

Condition	Convicted 3 July 2020, Retten i Aarhus; no appeal found
Location	Aarhus, Denmark
Seller	Former municipal department head, Aarhus Kommune (name not published here)
Winning bidder	S.D. Kjærsgaard A/S
Category	Other
Sold	2010–2016
Payment method	In kind: concert and festival tickets, plus a 210,000 kroner badminton club sponsorship
Returns	No returns. Fine: 100,000 kroner (2020)

Description

What the bribe bought

No documented return. The police release says there was no conclusive evidence that the companies received anything in return for the gifts and sponsorship.

What happened

A former department head at Aarhus Kommune received concert and festival tickets from a company that sold machines to his department. The company also gave a sponsorship of 210,000 kroner to a badminton club. The bribery took place from 2010 to 2016. On 3 July 2020 the court in Aarhus found the company guilty and fined it 100,000 kroner.