Sweden demands cash back for Angel’s hellish back pain fib

A Hell’s Angels leader has been ordered to pay back more than a million kronor in sickness benefits, after the Swedish Social Insurance Agency claimed he committed crimes that would have been impossible with his purported back pain. Kent Nilsson, who is a self-confessed Hell’s Angels chief from Lulea, northern Sweden, has received SEK 1.4 million (USD 200,000) in handouts since first reporting his back trouble to authorities in 1998.

The country’s Insurance Agency has, however, asked the biker to reimburse the money, after examining material from Nilsson’s various police reports and court convictions. During the course of his activities, Nilsson had committed crimes that “can scarcely be viewed as compatible with the work capacity and medical scenario” outlined in his benefits application, according to the agency.

Nilsson, for example, has been convicted of smuggling alcohol from northern Sweden to Germany, despite claiming that his back and neck problems prevent him from enduring long car journeys. According to Expressen, during his booze run, Nilsson also helped load up a vehicle with large quantities of spirits, wine and beer.

Nilsson must pay the money back by August 28 in order to avoid being charged additional interest.