Eriksson became known by the Swedish police as Tjock-Steffe ("Fat Steve") or, The Banker, by the local mob in the city of Uppsala, roughly 60 km north of Stockholm.
In the early 90s, Eriksson became the head of a group the Swedish press dubbed Uppsalamaffian (the "Uppsala mafia" or "Uppsala mob"),[REF] which was responsible for high-profile, violent crimes that were rarely seen in the country.