Pawel Cibicki was indicted last fall for money laundering at the Malmö District Court. He is said to have received SEK 175,000 in his account. Money that another, unknown person allegedly stole from an estate. Cibicki denied wrongdoing and claimed the money came from loans to finance his gambling. That the money would come from a fraud was not something he claimed to be aware of.
But the Malmö district court believes that he cannot have been unaware of the risk that it was money from criminal activity, and convicts him. In addition to probation, he is ordered to pay damages of SEK 175,000 to the estate.
Previously disabled
Between 2021 and the beginning of 2025, Pawel Cibicki was banned from all football for four years due to participation in match-fixing. He admitted in an interview in 2024, and he has also publicly talked about his gambling addiction.
After the suspension, he was contracted by IFK Värnamo last spring, but in connection with the prosecution last fall, he broke the contract early.
In Sweden, he has previously played for Malmö FF, Elfsborg and Jönköping Södra.
It is still unclear whether the verdict will be appealed.
