Hreidar Mar Sigurdsson, presidente del banco Kaupthing, fue detenido ayer por la policía islandesa. El sitio de filtraciones WikiLeaks hizo públicos documentos que revelaban cómo el banquero prestó fuertes sumas de dinero a sus mayores accionistas y asociados, antes de que el banco islandés fuese nacionalizado el 9 de octubre de 2008. Muchos clientes británicos y ONGs con los que el banco operaba perdieron todo su dinero. El banquero amenazó con enviar a la cárcel a los responsables de WikiLeaks, por revelación de secretos.
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Además el titular original no menciona para nada WikiLeaks. Se hace más al final del texto.
#2 El enlace a mí se me ve perfectamente bien sin suscripción. Lo relevante de la noticia es precisamente que por primera vez en la crisis islandesa un banquero ha de responder a sus movimientos financieros debido a una filtración periodística.
#3 A ver si lo pillas:
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PDF sobre los préstamos del banco Kaupthing filtrado por WikiLeaks el 23 de Enero de 2010, publicado el 15 de Marzo de 2010 que ha motivado la detención del banquero:
http://file.wikileaks.org/file/kaupthing-claims.pdf
#8 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/e6f64384-597f-11df-99ba-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=ebe33f66-57aa-11dc-8c65-0000779fd2ac,print=yes.html
Icelandic bank's former chief arrested
By Andrew Ward in Stockholm
Published: May 7 2010 03:00 | Last updated: May 7 2010 03:00
The former chief executive of Kaupthing bank has been arrested by Icelandic authorities in the most high-profile move so far by prosecutors investigating the country's 2008 financial crisis.
Hreidar Mar Sigurdsson was detained in Reykjavik yesterday on suspicion of offences including embezzle-ment, falsifying documents and stock and bond trading violations, according to people close to the case.
The arrest marks the clearest sign yet that Icelandic authorities are preparing to bring criminal charges against former high-level figures involved in the collapse of Iceland's banking sector .
Olafur Hauksson, the special prosecutor heading the investigation , told the Financial Times that a former Kaupthing executive had been arrested but would not reveal the suspect's identity. Another person briefed on the arrest confirmed that it was Mr -Sigurdsson.
A court hearing was scheduled for today to consider a request by prosecutors for Mr Sigurdsson to be held in custody for about 12 days.
People close to the investigation said any possible charges would not be brought until the investigation was complete but prosecutors wanted to prevent Mr Sigurdsson from communicating with other potential suspects.
Kaupthing, one of three Icelandic banks that failed in October 2008 together with Landsbanki and Glitnir, has been the focus of Mr Hauksson's investigation into suspected market manipulation and questionable lending practices before the crisis.
In February, the former premises of Kaupthing in Luxembourg were raided by local anti-fraud authorities working together with Icelandic prosecutors. The UK's Serious Fraud Office has also supported the Icelandic investigation.
Kaupthing had a large operation in the UK and counted several British entrepreneurs, including the property tycoons Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz, among its biggest clients.
Many UK local authorities, charities and individuals lost money when the bank collapsed.
Loan documents obtained by Wikileaks, the whistleblower website , last year revealed how Kaupthing lent heavily to some of its biggest shareholders and their associates, with much of the money invested in the bank's own shares.
Mr Hauksson has faced criticism for the lack of arrests and charges after more than a year of investigation.
The targeting of a former chief executive for his first big arrest is likely to please the many Icelanders eager to see senior figures held accountable for plunging the country's economy into crisis.
A parliamentary "truth commission" into the crisis last month accused the Icelandic government and regulators of "gross negligence" in failing to clamp down on the banking sector before its collapse.
Mr Hauksson, a former district police chief with -little experience of white-collar crime, is being adv-ised by Eva Joly, the cel-eb-rated French magistrate who uncovered a corruption scandal at Elf, the French oil group, in the 1990s.
#9 Ese sí funciona
#10 #11 Aclarao pues. Quien quiera/pueda, que cambie el enlace original en la noticia, que a mí no me deja.
[y si no, pues nada.]
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#5 Ese tampoco funciona, debe funcionar sólo en tu ordenador (por cookies) o tu IP.
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abc.es#13 Ya empezamos con las negritas joder... '
No, lo que pasa es que si entras al Financial Times y llegas desde ahí al artículo puedes leerlo sin problemas.
También si lo haces desde una busqueda de google.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&ved=0CCUQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fe6f64384-597f-11df-99ba-00144feab49a.html&rct=j&q=Icelandic+bank%27s+former+chief+arrested&ei=iU3kS6q_BpLFsgak8r05&usg=AFQjCNEL8MbNQ62N9X5TFGoPfsv96IYUhw&sig2=7aN6Fb18Un-HqrO5Ko2H9A
Pero no deja ser enlazado desde otra parte.