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Police in Norway on Tuesday detained one of the richest Norwegians Tom Hagen in the investigation of the disappearance of his wife 1.5 years ago

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Police in Norway on Tuesday detained one of the richest Norwegians Tom Hagen in the investigation of the disappearance of his wife 1.5 years ago, writes newsinenglish.no. According to the representative of the Norwegian police, Hagen suspected of “the murder or complicity in murder” of his wife Anna Elizabeth Falkevik Hagen. 70-year-old millionaire was arrested at 8:30 when he left the house to go to work, reports “Interfax”.

Spouse Tom Hagen went missing on 31 October 2018. The last time she was seen at home in the municipality of Lorenskog East of Oslo.

Some time later appeared with a demand on behalf of kidnappers to pay them about 10.3 million dollars in the cryptocurrency of Monero in exchange for the liberation of women. In the house of Hagen was found a note which said that if he contacts the police, his wife will be killed.

In the summer of 2019, the police in Norway began to review the case and main versions. Moreover, the investigators did not exclude that “to conceal the murders was used staged kidnapping”. According to police, the woman’s murder was planned for five months or more.

Tom Hagen is 164 th place in the list of the richest people in Norway. His fortune was estimated in 2019 at 183 million dollars.

The businessman made a fortune in investments in real estate and power generation. The main asset of a multimillionaire – 70% in the early 1990s, the power company Elkraft AS, which became one of the main suppliers of electricity in the Nordic countries.

In the fall of 2018 Hagen was involved in the judicial process through the company Financial Funds, which co-owner it is. The reason for the trial became the accusations against the employees of the brokerage company Pareto and consultant to the Russian “Severstal” fraud and market manipulation. According to the prosecution, they by manipulation achieved profitable sale of shares in the mining company Crew Gold Corporation through Pareto to an unknown buyer, according to the version of law enforcement bodies, it was “Severstal”. Hagen and partners as a result suffered a significant financial loss, which was estimated at 37 million kronor.