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Convicted Iraqi drug dealer employed in Swedish dementia home filmed himself mocking residents
The Swedish municipality of Ängelholm hired a migrant criminal to work as a caregiver in a dementia facility. He is now facing charges after humiliating vulnerable residents on video
A 20-year-old Iraqi migrant who had previously served prison sentences for drug offenses was discovered to have filmed and mocked elderly dementia patients while employed as a caregiver at a municipal care home in Ängelholm, southern Sweden.
The man, identified in court documents seen by the Samnytt news outlet as Azhi Mahmodi, is now charged with four counts of offensive photography and four counts of breach of confidentiality, alongside aggravated weapons and narcotics offenses.
Police uncovered the material earlier this year after stopping a car in Helsingborg that Mahmodi was traveling in. Officers seized drugs and a mobile phone, leading investigators to execute a search warrant a month later. A firearm and large sums of cash were found, prompting further searches.
When police examined Mahmodi’s seized phone, they discovered several clips filmed inside a dementia care home showing elderly residents being ridiculed and humiliated. Investigators later learned that the municipality had employed Mahmodi as a caregiver despite his criminal record.
The videos were also found to have been distributed by Mahmodi on Snapchat.
Helsingborgs Dagblad reports the care home in question was contacted in the summer to help identify the residents whose confidentiality had been breached in the humiliating videos.
Confronted with the evidence, Mahmodi admitted to filming and sharing the videos. “There is no good excuse for it. There isn’t. I am ashamed. So extremely. It is literally shameless what I have done. I cannot deny that,” he told police.
Municipal officials have refused to release documentation relating to his hiring. In a formal response to a request for disclosure, Ängelholm Municipality declined to provide the relevant records, citing confidentiality.
Mahmodi, born in Iraq but holding Iranian citizenship, cannot be deported under the current law as he is a dual national, having also been granted Swedish citizenship.
In recent months, several other migrant caregivers across Sweden have been convicted or charged for serious abuses against elderly patients. Earlier this month, a 26-year-old Syrian man named Mahamad Almousa was sentenced to one year in prison and issued a 10-year expulsion order after sexually assaulting a 67-year-old woman under his care in Vänersborg.
The victim, who managed to call her son during the assault, died weeks later under unclear circumstances. The Vänersborg District Court rejected Almousa’s claim that the encounter was consensual, ruling that his account was “completely inconsistent” with the woman’s frail condition.
In recent months, several other migrant caregivers across Sweden have been convicted or charged for serious abuses against elderly patients. Earlier this month, a 26-year-old Syrian man named Mahamad Almousa was sentenced to one year in prison and issued a 10-year expulsion order after sexually assaulting a 67-year-old woman under his care in Vänersborg.
The victim, who managed to call her son during the assault, died weeks later under unclear circumstances. The Vänersborg District Court rejected Almousa’s claim that the encounter was consensual, ruling that his account was “completely inconsistent” with the woman’s frail condition.
A 20-year-old Iraqi migrant who had previously served prison sentences for drug offenses was discovered to have filmed and mocked elderly dementia patients while employed as a caregiver at a municipal care home in Ängelholm, southern Sweden.
The man, identified in court documents seen by the Samnytt news outlet as Azhi Mahmodi, is now charged with four counts of offensive photography and four counts of breach of confidentiality, alongside aggravated weapons and narcotics offenses.
Police uncovered the material earlier this year after stopping a car in Helsingborg that Mahmodi was traveling in. Officers seized drugs and a mobile phone, leading investigators to execute a search warrant a month later. A firearm and large sums of cash were found, prompting further searches.
When police examined Mahmodi’s seized phone, they discovered several clips filmed inside a dementia care home showing elderly residents being ridiculed and humiliated. Investigators later learned that the municipality had employed Mahmodi as a caregiver despite his criminal record.
The videos were also found to have been distributed by Mahmodi on Snapchat.
Helsingborgs Dagblad reports the care home in question was contacted in the summer to help identify the residents whose confidentiality had been breached in the humiliating videos.
Confronted with the evidence, Mahmodi admitted to filming and sharing the videos. “There is no good excuse for it. There isn’t. I am ashamed. So extremely. It is literally shameless what I have done. I cannot deny that,” he told police.
Municipal officials have refused to release documentation relating to his hiring. In a formal response to a request for disclosure, Ängelholm Municipality declined to provide the relevant records, citing confidentiality.
Mahmodi, born in Iraq but holding Iranian citizenship, cannot be deported under the current law as he is a dual national, having also been granted Swedish citizenship.
In recent months, several other migrant caregivers across Sweden have been convicted or charged for serious abuses against elderly patients. Earlier this month, a 26-year-old Syrian man named Mahamad Almousa was sentenced to one year in prison and issued a 10-year expulsion order after sexually assaulting a 67-year-old woman under his care in Vänersborg.
The victim, who managed to call her son during the assault, died weeks later under unclear circumstances. The Vänersborg District Court rejected Almousa’s claim that the encounter was consensual, ruling that his account was “completely inconsistent” with the woman’s frail condition.
In May 2025, a 33-year-old Iraqi man was arrested in Umeå for a series of rapes and sexual assaults against elderly women. Despite an earlier report of harassment, the municipality had allowed him to continue working in care homes, enabling further attacks. Prosecutors allege that he assaulted three elderly women between February and March of this year, with detention hearings conducted via an Arabic interpreter.
A 20-year-old Iraqi migrant who had previously served prison sentences for drug offenses was discovered to have filmed and mocked elderly dementia patients while employed as a caregiver at a municipal care home in Ängelholm, southern Sweden.
The man, identified in court documents seen by the Samnytt news outlet as Azhi Mahmodi, is now charged with four counts of offensive photography and four counts of breach of confidentiality, alongside aggravated weapons and narcotics offenses.
Police uncovered the material earlier this year after stopping a car in Helsingborg that Mahmodi was traveling in. Officers seized drugs and a mobile phone, leading investigators to execute a search warrant a month later. A firearm and large sums of cash were found, prompting further searches.
When police examined Mahmodi’s seized phone, they discovered several clips filmed inside a dementia care home showing elderly residents being ridiculed and humiliated. Investigators later learned that the municipality had employed Mahmodi as a caregiver despite his criminal record.
The videos were also found to have been distributed by Mahmodi on Snapchat.
Helsingborgs Dagblad reports the care home in question was contacted in the summer to help identify the residents whose confidentiality had been breached in the humiliating videos.
Confronted with the evidence, Mahmodi admitted to filming and sharing the videos. “There is no good excuse for it. There isn’t. I am ashamed. So extremely. It is literally shameless what I have done. I cannot deny that,” he told police.
Municipal officials have refused to release documentation relating to his hiring. In a formal response to a request for disclosure, Ängelholm Municipality declined to provide the relevant records, citing confidentiality.
Mahmodi, born in Iraq but holding Iranian citizenship, cannot be deported under the current law as he is a dual national, having also been granted Swedish citizenship.
In recent months, several other migrant caregivers across Sweden have been convicted or charged for serious abuses against elderly patients. Earlier this month, a 26-year-old Syrian man named Mahamad Almousa was sentenced to one year in prison and issued a 10-year expulsion order after sexually assaulting a 67-year-old woman under his care in Vänersborg.
The victim, who managed to call her son during the assault, died weeks later under unclear circumstances. The Vänersborg District Court rejected Almousa’s claim that the encounter was consensual, ruling that his account was “completely inconsistent” with the woman’s frail condition.
In May 2025, a 33-year-old Iraqi man was arrested in Umeå for a series of rapes and sexual assaults against elderly women. Despite an earlier report of harassment, the municipality had allowed him to continue working in care homes, enabling further attacks. Prosecutors allege that he assaulted three elderly women between February and March of this year, with detention hearings conducted via an Arabic interpreter.
In January 2025, a Somali national, 28-year-old Baasim Yusuf, was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Uppsala District Court for multiple aggravated rapes and sexual assaults of women aged between 77 and 88, as well as for filming his victims. Yusuf, who obtained Swedish citizenship in 2018, cannot be deported despite the severity of his crimes.
