Sweden's Foreign Ministry has said that a Swedish-Iranian employee of Swedish cosmetics firm Oriflame has been charged in Iran for establishing a pyramid scheme and deriving illegal earnings from it.
Ministry spokeswoman Camilla Aakesson Lindblom said the employee was a man in his 30s who held both Swedish and Iranian nationalities.
The Tehran office of Swedish direct-sales cosmetics company Oriflame was shut down by authorities on August 22 and five of its employees were arrested amid allegations that it was running a pyramid scheme and was possibly backed by a spy agency.
On August 28, Iran's Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi accused the firm of trying to harm Iran's security.
compiled from agency reports
Ministry spokeswoman Camilla Aakesson Lindblom said the employee was a man in his 30s who held both Swedish and Iranian nationalities.
The Tehran office of Swedish direct-sales cosmetics company Oriflame was shut down by authorities on August 22 and five of its employees were arrested amid allegations that it was running a pyramid scheme and was possibly backed by a spy agency.
On August 28, Iran's Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi accused the firm of trying to harm Iran's security.
compiled from agency reports
