Aleksib receives four-month suspended sentence in aggravated tax fraud case

What the court found

The case concerned income that Virolainen received from Valve in 2019. More than €53,000 was missing from his tax declaration, resulting in over €28,000 in unpaid tax. Aleksib denied acting intentionally and said that he paid the missing taxes after being notified. The court nevertheless concluded that the conduct was deliberate and found him guilty of aggravated tax fraud.

Sentence and procedural details

In determining the penalty, the court took into account that Virolainen had no previous convictions and that he later paid the outstanding taxes. It imposed a four-month suspended prison sentence. Secondary accounts additionally state that the probation period is two years and that an appeal may be filed by November 26; those details remain attributed because the published court judgment was not available in the reviewed material. There is no confirmed travel ban or established visa restriction arising from the ruling.