Vancouver Canucks' Star Forward Elias Pettersson Loses Large Sum of Money in Recent Announcement
Away from the ice, it appears that Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson has had a nightmare while purchasing a house in his home country of Sweden.
It's been a tough season on the ice for Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson as he deals with trade rumors.
Pettersson is in the first year of an eight-year contract that sees him earn $11.6 million USD annually, and so far he hasn't lived up to that deal, registering 30 points (11 goals, 19 assists) in 40 games.
While on the ice Elias Pettersson is struggling and is slowly picking up the pace, off the ice he's been dealing with a very tough situation back home in Sweden.
Elias Pettersson defrauded in Sweden after house purchase
In an article on HockeyNews.se, a Swedish media outlet, it was revealed that Elias Pettersson has been defrauded out of 2.7 million SEK, which is roughly $353,000 CAD, by a real estate broker who is now service time in jail.
Two years ago, Pettersson found a house in Danderyd, Sweden, which is a suburb of Stockholm that was listed at 26 million Swedish Krona and paid a down payment of 2.7 million SEK.
However, it was found out that the house needed plenty of work to be fixed up and when Elias Pettersson went to cancel the purchase, the seller protested and it went to a district court.
"Pettersson paid 2.7 million in down payment to the broker when he decided to buy the house.
But it didn't turn out as Pettersson had imagined. The house turned out to have several flaws, which led the NHL star to regret it. The flaws would be very costly for Pettersson. The agent feared that the main building, among other things, would need to be moved or demolished, because the house was larger than the building permit allowed." Linnea Andersson of HockeyNews.se said.
The district court sided with the Vancouver Canucks forward and allowed the purchase to be canceled but when Elias Pettersson went to get his deposit back, the money was gone and it was later determined that the real estate agent was a fraud.
This real estate agent that Elias Pettersson was dealing with had been doing this to other people in Sweden and according to HockeyNews.se, he was convicted of aggregated fraud and sentenced to six years in prison for cases not related to the Canucks forward.
Pettersson's father, Torbjorn, says that the money is gone and they likely won't ever get it back, adding that they'll now move on and try to forget about this situation.
