The JuicyFields Case: Timeline, Investigation and Legal Actions
The JuicyFields case concerns a cannabis “e-growing” investment scheme that collapsed in July 2022, leaving tens of thousands of investors across Europe with losses estimated in the hundreds of millions of euros. Investors were promised high returns for funding the cultivation of medicinal cannabis; when the platform abruptly shut down, the promised payouts and much of the invested capital disappeared. This archive documents the fraud and the cross-border legal action led by Swedish attorney Lars Olofsson (Eight Legged Forensics).
How the JuicyFields fraud was exposed
The people behind JuicyFields were not unmasked by accident. Swedish attorney Lars Olofsson and his team at Eight Legged Forensics (ELF) investigated the scheme, followed the money, and identified the network of individuals and facilitators operating behind it.
ELF then handed that evidence to law-enforcement authorities and to investigative journalists across Europe. That cooperation fed the criminal investigations, arrests and extraditions that authorities have since carried out, and the international reporting that brought the case to the public.
Everything on this site was first documented and published here as that work unfolded — which is why it is preserved as a primary record of the case.
Case timeline
Every entry below was published on this site as the case developed. Dates are the original publication dates of the archived record, newest first.
2026
- 2026-05-24Why I'm Finally Putting My Name On This
2024
- 2024-09-20Juicy Fields Suspect To Be Extradited from Estonia to Spain
- 2024-05-09Juicy Fields Investigation: New Evidence Ties Russian Government, Nuclear Program and German-Russian Rotary Club to Senior Fraud Leader
- 2024-05-02The Juicy Fields Files: Where Was Finn Hansel and Sanity Group?
- 2024-04-29Jim Belushi: Juicy Fields Celebrity Influencer and Facilitator Remains Unprosecuted
- 2024-04-22Juicy Fields Arrests: The Silence of The Cannapress
- 2024-04-19Juicy Fields Arrests Just The Beginning
- 2024-04-129 Arrests in Juicy Fields Case Made Across Europe
- 2024-03-28Facebook sued for SEK240 million for fraudulent ads on the platform
2023
- 2023-12-20Possible kidnapping in the Juicyfields scam
- 2023-12-01How The Wirecard Scandal Is Similar to Juicy Fields
- 2023-10-30European crossborder investigation into moneylaundering behind Juicyfields fraud
- 2023-10-08Top German Cannabis Lawyer Admits to Working for Juicy Fields
- 2023-09-19The prosecution of Mark Zuckerberg has now reached the Supreme Court in Sweden
- 2023-09-05Public letter to The Global Investigative Journalism Conference
- 2023-08-28The Juicy Fields Investigation and Prosecution
- 2023-07-04This is an open letter to the ICBC Speakers and Conference Attendees
- 2023-06-29BREAKING NEWS: Top Sponsor of ICBC Berlin Cannabis Conference 2023 is Fake
- 2023-06-20Why Are We Naming and Shaming Lawyers in The Juicy Fields Case?
- 2023-05-24Press Release – Juicy Fields Scam, and Case
- 2023-05-09A Web of Connections: Juicy Fields and The German Cannabis Industry
- 2023-04-18Insider Trading: The Olofsson Juicy Fields Litigation Team Names Other Highly Connected Facilitators
- 2023-04-18Lars Olofsson Names Repeat Scammers Behind Juicy Fields (and Recyclix) Scams
- 2023-03-22Big step towards global justice. Facebook is thanks to Lars Olofsson now open to be sued for these scam ads
- 2023-03-22Juicyfields scam keeps going investors held hostage by their own money
- 2023-03-22Lars olofsson strategy has spread globally. Time to touch the “untouchables”
- 2023-03-22Press release in the juicyfields case by lars olofsson 2023-02-06
- 2023-03-22Social Media – A Global Force In Need of Reform
- 2023-02-07Lars Olofsson about the “refund” done by the scammers behind Juicyfields
- 2023-02-07Press release – case META by Lars Olofsson in the Juicyfields scam
2022
- 2022-12-02A shift in how authorities view Social media and Banking?!
- 2022-12-02GREAT NEWS!!!
- 2022-12-02Juicyfields scam presentation 2022-11-23
- 2022-09-252. Why Is Juicyfields A Scam
- 2022-09-25Juicyfields Features Us
- 2022-09-25Summary of Lars’s Live Transmisson Regarding Juicyfields Scam
Frequently asked questions
What was JuicyFields?
JuicyFields was an online investment platform that invited the public to fund medicinal-cannabis cultivation (“e-growing”) in exchange for a share of the profits. It operated across Europe before collapsing in July 2022.
When did JuicyFields collapse?
The platform stopped paying investors and shut down its operations in July 2022, at which point the scheme unravelled and the alleged fraud became public.
How many people were affected, and how much was lost?
Reporting and investigators estimate that tens of thousands of investors across dozens of countries were affected, with alleged losses running into the hundreds of millions of euros — making it one of the largest investment frauds in recent European history.
Who is investigating the JuicyFields case?
Criminal investigations have been led by authorities including Spain’s Audiencia Nacional, with related proceedings in several European countries. A number of arrests and extraditions have followed.
What is Lars Olofsson’s role in the case?
Swedish attorney Lars Olofsson, of Eight Legged Forensics (ELF), leads cross-border legal action on behalf of affected investors and has been central to documenting and publicising the case.
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