Court dismisses case against Blockfest founder
Money laundering charge against Kalle Kallonen dropped after Finnish court rules messages from encrypted chat app cannot be used as evidence
News By James Hanley | 4 January 2022
A money laundering charge against the founder of Finland’s Blockfest festival has been dismissed by the Helsinki District Court. Kalle Kallonen was accused of transporting €10,000 in drug money from Finland to Spain in May 2021.
However, Iltalehti reports the charge was thrown out after the court ruled evidence pertaining to the case acquired by the FBI from encrypted messaging app Anom was inadmissible.
A similar charge against Kallonen’s co-accused – Finnish rap artist William, aka Ville Virtanen – was also…
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