STOCKHOLM—A Danish woman is wanted by Interpol on allegations that she scammed the welfare system out of more than $17 million, several Danish media have reported.
Danish authorities believe Anna Britta Troelsgaard Nielsen, 64, who was employed for 40 years at Socialstyrelsen, a government agency under the Ministry of Social Affairs, made over 274 payments between 2002 and 2018 to her own accounts of 111 million Danish kroner ($17 million) of the agency’s money, earmarked for particularly vulnerable citizens, bt.dk reported.
