Mikael Ljungman
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Mikael Ljungman is a businessman and inventor working with mobile communications. Mikael Ljungman is a partner of Carl Freer
, working on the relaunch of Gizmondo
, the gaming and Augmented Reality
console, Blowfishworks and The Media Power Group, GetFugu. Following the IT Factory scam, Danish police sent out an arrest warrant for Mikael Ljungman via Interpol. He was arrested by Swedish police in Norrköping and was extradited to Denmark on 27 July 2009, and on 26 March 2010, convicted of serious fraud for his involvement in the scam, and sentenced to a six year prison sentence, which he is appealing.
and VOD
. From 2004 to present, Mikael Ljungman created online stores, mobile applications and software.
's Antonio R. Villaraigosa for Mayor 2009. Ljungman has also made campaign contributions to Hillary Rodham Clinton
's HillPac organization and John Yarmuth
's YARMUTH FOR CONGRESS.
by which pre-created advertisement messages, are sent to mobile communication devices in advance of the time and date on which they are to be presented or as live streaming content and for a method to submitting and delivering content events to remote devices by selectively delivering multimedia content, such as sports highlights, a video clip, or a movie, to a mobile communication device. According to the WIPO's Preliminary Report on Patentability, Ljungman's latter patent claims lack either novelty or an inventive step but have industrial applicability.
technology (AR) and other advanced systems. Media Power has two divisions offering a range of hi-tech goods and marketing services: Magitech and GetFugu.com. Gizmondo
is a client to Media Power Inc. In May 2008, a partnership was announced where Media Power would donate $5M over five years to Georgia Tech to further Augmented Reality research.
is a handheld gaming console with GPRS
and GPS
technology, which was manufactured by Tiger Telematics
and its subsidiary, Gizmondo Europe Ltd. Ljungman's company 3P PreForm Marketing and Research performed research and development work for Gizmondo Europe since 2003 and was paid $7.6 million. After Gizmondo Europe's bankruptcy in early 2006, the liquidators had outstanding questions about Ljungman and his company's involvement with Gizmondo Europe Ltd; they were perfectly satisfied with Ljungman's answers.
In May 2008, Carl Freer
bought Gizmondo Europe's intellectual property rights. Ljungman worked with Freer on the relaunch of the Gizmondo, with Freer calling him his "co-pilot". He traveled to China in early 2008 to arrange manufacturing, a contract worth $300M.
, who had arrived in Connecticut before it was known that Bagger was missing and later became wanted for questioning as a suspect by Danish authorities investigating the bankruptcy. Bagger used Ljungman's car, and may have used his credit card, to drive to Los Angeles, where he surrendered to police. On January 9, 2009, the Deputy Attorney in charge of fraud cases in Denmark announced that they want to question Mikael Ljungman. Danish media has claimed that the Swedish police have found false leasing contract related to IT Factory and Xiop, a Swedish company where Ljungman earlier worked as Business Developer. This specific claim was denied by the Swedish prosecutor Yngve Rydberg. Yngve Rydberg also said at the time there was no suspicion of Ljungman being involved in the crimes being investigated in Sweden. Ljungman was later convicted of involvement in the fraud in Denmark, having been named as an accomplice by Stein Bagger on the first day of his trial. Ljungman still denies any involvement in Stein Baggers fraud, and is appealing his six year sentence. Ljungman claimed he was interested in IT Factory technology PaaS, as he, with the company Media Powers tried to buy it out of the liquidated company. The software was sold to a German company.
Carl Freer
Carl Johan Freer is a Swedish businessman and technology entrepreneur.-Business activities:Freer founded Gizmondo in 2002, and was Chairman of the board of directors at Gizmondo Europe until he resigned his position in October 2005....
, working on the relaunch of Gizmondo
Gizmondo
The Gizmondo is a handheld gaming console which was released by Tiger Telematics in March 2005. The electronics design was undertaken by Plextek Limited and the industrial design by Rick Dickinson....
, the gaming and Augmented Reality
Augmented reality
Augmented reality is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is...
console, Blowfishworks and The Media Power Group, GetFugu. Following the IT Factory scam, Danish police sent out an arrest warrant for Mikael Ljungman via Interpol. He was arrested by Swedish police in Norrköping and was extradited to Denmark on 27 July 2009, and on 26 March 2010, convicted of serious fraud for his involvement in the scam, and sentenced to a six year prison sentence, which he is appealing.
Education and work
Ljungman received his law degree from Stockholms University in 1995. From 1995-1997 he worked with PC and Server manufacturing and System software engineering. From 1997 to 2000 Ljungman worked as an international business and financial consultant. From 2000-2004 Ljungman worked with Internet and platform related services including VOIP, IPTVIPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
and VOD
Video on demand
Video on Demand or Audio and Video On Demand are systems which allow users to select and watch/listen to video or audio content on demand...
. From 2004 to present, Mikael Ljungman created online stores, mobile applications and software.
Political contributions
Ljungman has formally endorsed and made campaign contributions to Antonio VillaraigosaAntonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa , born Antonio Ramón Villar, Jr., is the 41st and current Mayor of Los Angeles, California, the third Mexican American to have ever held office in the city of Los Angeles and the first in over 130 years. He is also the current president of the United States Conference of...
's Antonio R. Villaraigosa for Mayor 2009. Ljungman has also made campaign contributions to Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the...
's HillPac organization and John Yarmuth
John Yarmuth
John Yarmuth is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.- Early life, education and career :...
's YARMUTH FOR CONGRESS.
Patent applications
In 2006, Ljungman applied for UK and US patents for a method of mobile advertisingMobile advertising
Mobile advertising is a form of advertising via mobile phones or other mobile devices. It is a subset of mobile marketing.- Overview :...
by which pre-created advertisement messages, are sent to mobile communication devices in advance of the time and date on which they are to be presented or as live streaming content and for a method to submitting and delivering content events to remote devices by selectively delivering multimedia content, such as sports highlights, a video clip, or a movie, to a mobile communication device. According to the WIPO's Preliminary Report on Patentability, Ljungman's latter patent claims lack either novelty or an inventive step but have industrial applicability.
Media Power Inc
Ljungman co-founded Media Power Inc, a tech company that develops consumer and business products based on Augmented RealityAugmented reality
Augmented reality is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is...
technology (AR) and other advanced systems. Media Power has two divisions offering a range of hi-tech goods and marketing services: Magitech and GetFugu.com. Gizmondo
Gizmondo
The Gizmondo is a handheld gaming console which was released by Tiger Telematics in March 2005. The electronics design was undertaken by Plextek Limited and the industrial design by Rick Dickinson....
is a client to Media Power Inc. In May 2008, a partnership was announced where Media Power would donate $5M over five years to Georgia Tech to further Augmented Reality research.
Gizmondo
The GizmondoGizmondo
The Gizmondo is a handheld gaming console which was released by Tiger Telematics in March 2005. The electronics design was undertaken by Plextek Limited and the industrial design by Rick Dickinson....
is a handheld gaming console with GPRS
General Packet Radio Service
General packet radio service is a packet oriented mobile data service on the 2G and 3G cellular communication system's global system for mobile communications . GPRS was originally standardized by European Telecommunications Standards Institute in response to the earlier CDPD and i-mode...
and GPS
Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System is a space-based global navigation satellite system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites...
technology, which was manufactured by Tiger Telematics
Tiger Telematics
Tiger Telematics or Tiger, was a Swedish electronics company, best known for the failed Gizmondo handheld game console.-History:In 2000, Carl Freer formed Eagle Eye Scandinavian, a small electronics distribution business in Sweden...
and its subsidiary, Gizmondo Europe Ltd. Ljungman's company 3P PreForm Marketing and Research performed research and development work for Gizmondo Europe since 2003 and was paid $7.6 million. After Gizmondo Europe's bankruptcy in early 2006, the liquidators had outstanding questions about Ljungman and his company's involvement with Gizmondo Europe Ltd; they were perfectly satisfied with Ljungman's answers.
In May 2008, Carl Freer
Carl Freer
Carl Johan Freer is a Swedish businessman and technology entrepreneur.-Business activities:Freer founded Gizmondo in 2002, and was Chairman of the board of directors at Gizmondo Europe until he resigned his position in October 2005....
bought Gizmondo Europe's intellectual property rights. Ljungman worked with Freer on the relaunch of the Gizmondo, with Freer calling him his "co-pilot". He traveled to China in early 2008 to arrange manufacturing, a contract worth $300M.
3P PreForm Marketing and Research
3P PreForm Marketing and Research AB went bankrupt on October 15, 2004. Ljungman was arrested on October 19, 2004, but released shortly thereafter pending trial. Ljungman was convicted of accounting and having impeded tax supervision on January 26, 2009. Ljungman initially received a two-year prison sentence; the prosecution was dismissed on the two tax offenses charges resulting in the sentence being reduced to 10 months on appeal in January 2009. He originally was disqualified from running a company in Sweden for five years; after the appeal it was reduced to three years, starting from 2007. Ljungman appealed the verdict to the supreme court. Ljungman has lost a final appeal of the sentence, and was imprisoned in late April 2009.IT Factory
In December 2008, it was reported that Ljungman had business with bankrupt Danish company IT Factory. Ljungman told the press that he lent his car to Stein BaggerStein Bagger
Stein Bagger is a Danish businessman, entrepreneur and former CEO of the now-bankrupt company IT Factory. Before bankruptcy and subsequent fraud-scandal, he was named "Danish Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young, and his company was named "Denmark's best IT-company" two years in a row by the...
, who had arrived in Connecticut before it was known that Bagger was missing and later became wanted for questioning as a suspect by Danish authorities investigating the bankruptcy. Bagger used Ljungman's car, and may have used his credit card, to drive to Los Angeles, where he surrendered to police. On January 9, 2009, the Deputy Attorney in charge of fraud cases in Denmark announced that they want to question Mikael Ljungman. Danish media has claimed that the Swedish police have found false leasing contract related to IT Factory and Xiop, a Swedish company where Ljungman earlier worked as Business Developer. This specific claim was denied by the Swedish prosecutor Yngve Rydberg. Yngve Rydberg also said at the time there was no suspicion of Ljungman being involved in the crimes being investigated in Sweden. Ljungman was later convicted of involvement in the fraud in Denmark, having been named as an accomplice by Stein Bagger on the first day of his trial. Ljungman still denies any involvement in Stein Baggers fraud, and is appealing his six year sentence. Ljungman claimed he was interested in IT Factory technology PaaS, as he, with the company Media Powers tried to buy it out of the liquidated company. The software was sold to a German company.