Carl Ingemar Perstad

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Carl-Ingemar Perstad was for 24 years the host of the popular Swedish Broadcasting Company (SVT) motoring show Trafikmagasinet.

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Carl-Ingemar Perstad started Trafikmagasinet in 1978. He hosted more than 300 shows and was the executive producer for more than 20 years. In 1987, Perstad received an award from the Royal Swedish Automobile Club for his contributions to enhance and improve the level of Swedish road safety. Perstad was twice nominated Motor Journalist of the Year by the Swedish Motor Journalist Association.

In February 2002, Carl-Ingemar Perstad was fired after an investigation made by SVT discovered that he had embezzled money from the company. Perstad admitted to embezzling 82,743 SEK, by buying plane tickets for the company's money, then cancelling the trips and keeping the money for himself. In total he did this on 13 occasions. Perstad got a suspended sentence and 40 day-fines.[1]

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