Becoming Rich with Daily Scavenging APP-Chapter 545: Sweden’s Personal Number System
"You can directly check the Swedish population identification system," Schaefer replied to Chen Yiyang while busy preparing for his entry into Beifu, without turning his head.
The Swedish population identification system?
Chen Yiyang opened his laptop and checked, only to realize that, in a sense, there’s no such thing as privacy for the people in Sweden.
As a capitalist country, the Swedish don’t care about privacy issues.
Because Swedes have no concept of privacy at all.
In Sweden, the government has implemented a population identification system similar to the domestic household registration system.
The so-called population identification number can be directly understood as the domestic ID number, being the unique identification number for Swedish citizens.
The identification number consists of twelve digits, with the first eight being the birth date and the last four being a personal code.
Although the identification number is similar to domestic ID numbers, its usage scenarios and coverage are much broader, more like a combination of an ID number, credit card account, social security number, medical insurance account, transport card, and tax account.
For instance, in Sweden, if you want to rent a car, you don’t need to pay a deposit or swipe a card; you just provide your identification number to the rental company.
When you return the car, the rental company will automatically deduct the fees from the bank account linked to your identification number.
If you need to see a doctor, just authorizing them will allow the doctor to access all your medical records and history in Sweden since birth using your identification number.
If you need medication later, paying the fees is also simple, directly using the identification number.
Sweden is also one of the few cashless societies in Europe; basically, your income and taxes due can be verified through the identification number.
Riding the bus or subway, receiving welfare, attending school, purchasing a house, or even owning a dog—these details are meticulously linked and recorded within your identification number.
Of course, this isn’t the most impressive part.
The most impressive part is that the identification number system is open to everyone in Sweden.
Not only can the Swedish government query the identification number, but third-party private companies or institutions can also access the information recorded in the identification number.
Among them, there’s a website that provides paid services for querying all identification number information.
By logging into this website and entering any Swedish name, the identification numbers of all Swedes with that name will appear instantly.
Randomly select one to click on, and you can view all the detailed personal information of that Swedish person on the web page.
Including home address, how many people are in the household, birthday, the size of the property, the type of car they own, license plate number, and annual income of their company.
And because phone numbers are tied to the identification number, you can also find information about all their relatives through it.
Domestically, while information is already transparent enough, if you commit minor misdemeanors, receive certain penalties, or owe money,
you can still keep it hidden from others.
But in Sweden, that’s impossible.
If you get penalized for any accidental traffic offense,
anyone can open your personal profile and see this penalty record.
If you commit a serious crime, once penalized, congratulations, you’ll face social death in Sweden.
The information about the warehouse Chen Yiyang wanted to inquire was naturally recorded in the identification number.
Chen Yiyang borrowed the identification number of a local Swede from Schaefer and quickly logged into the website, finding the warehouse registered under a Serbian immigrant’s name.
But this Serbian immigrant left Sweden over ten years ago and hasn’t returned since.
It’s uncertain whether he doesn’t want to return or died abroad.
Because of this, the warehouse has unpaid lease fees for a long time.
Chen Yiyang contacted the company that owned the warehouse, and they told him that as long as he paid the arrears, legally, the contents of the warehouse would belong to him.
Given this, Chen Yiyang didn’t hesitate.
The previous owner had disappeared for over a decade, and it was highly likely they were gone for good.
However, to be cautious, Chen Yiyang had someone help pay the arrears and then personally went to inspect the warehouse.
This warehouse was about the size of a small low-rise house. When Chen Yiyang opened the dusty warehouse door, he found it piled high with worthless clutter.
This was probably the reason the leasing company hadn’t found anyone willing to pay the arrears.
Following the tips from the stash report and pictures, Chen Yiyang located an inconspicuous bag in the warehouse.
Opening the bag, he found not only gold and jewels but also some Swedish Krona cash.
Chen Yiyang loaded this bag and some other disguising clutter into the car and took them back to the hotel where he was staying.
In the hotel room, Chen Yiyang took out the gold from the bag.
The gold consisted of standard bank-melted gold bars, each stamped with the Stockholm Bank’s mark.
Chen Yiyang instantly realized that these items were definitely stolen goods.
He went online to begin searching if the Stockholm Bank had been robbed over a decade ago.
This search revealed shocking results.
In 2009, Sweden experienced a robbery that was almost cinematic in scope.
A Serbian criminal gang, along with a Swede who had a private helicopter and a pilot’s license, orchestrated a daring heist.
The mastermind of this criminal gang was a Serbian.
He set his sights on Sweden’s Stockholm Bank, planning a big score, summoning a team of over ten professional robbers.
What made it tougher was that this mastermind was already a repeat offender, having previously served time for robbery. So his phone number was monitored by Serbian police.
His criminal intentions were initially reported to Swedish police by Serbian authorities.
A week in advance, the Swedish police dispatched a large force and a helicopter to stake out around the bank.
However, a week later, the group hadn’t made a move, leading Swedish police to believe they’d abandoned the plan and withdrew most of their forces.
Shortly after the withdrawal, the group arrived at the top skylight of Stockholm Bank via helicopter.
Then, with over ten people, they directly entered the bank and started the robbery, making off with about one billion Euros worth of cash and various items.
When the police received the alarm, they prepared to pursue using helicopters, but the robbers had placed a box on the police helicopter helipad with a label claiming it was a bomb.
Thus the police had to defuse the "bomb" first and couldn’t immediately deploy the helicopter.
Meanwhile, the robbers smoothly escaped by helicopter, eluding police pursuit.
