Three of the four Kaupþing bankers who are serving 4-5.5 year sentences for market manipulation in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis, have filed a formal complaint with the Althing Ombudsman (elected by the parliament for periods of four years) over the conduct of the Director of Prisons, Páll Winkel. Local news site visir.is reports the jailed bankers identify four different matters they request the Ombudsman investigate. One of these is the visit by US filmmaker Michael Moore to Kvíabryggja prison, where the bankers are serving time.
Jailed bankers to play a role in Moore’s next film
The bankers, Sigurður Einarsson the Chairman of the Board, Magnús Guðmundsson the CEO of Kaupþing and Ólafur Ólafsson, the largest individual investor in Kaupþing, allege that Michael Moore sent a film crew to Kvíabryggja minimum security prison on Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland, where the bankers are serving time. According to the complaint the film crew spent an entire day at the prison, attempting to capture the bankers on film and interviewing other inmates about them.
Moore was in Iceland in May of 2015 to film scenes for his upcoming movie “Where to Invade Next”, in which he visits Iceland, Finland, Norway, Italy and other European Countries to document ideas about how to create a good society, and then importing them to the US.
The local news site Kjarninn reports that Moore tried to interview a number of Icelandic businessmen and financiers who were prominent in the years leading up to the 2008 crash, but without success. Kjarninn also reports that he filmed at Kvíabryggja prison after unsuccessful attempts to bar him from sending a film crew to the location.
Other complaints by the Kaupþing bankers
The complaint identifies three other issues which the bankers request be investigated. All three concern statements made by the Director of Prisons to local media regarding the bankers who are serving time at Kvíabryggja. Iceland Insider has covered these statements and allegations the bankers are living in luxury behind bars.
Read more: Jailed bankers accused of wanting to live in luxury behind bars
The Ombudsman has given the Director of Prisons until February 1 to respond to the questions.
Three of the four Kaupþing bankers who are serving 4-5.5 year sentences for market manipulation in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis, have filed a formal complaint with the Althing Ombudsman (elected by the parliament for periods of four years) over the conduct of the Director of Prisons, Páll Winkel. Local news site visir.is reports the jailed bankers identify four different matters they request the Ombudsman investigate. One of these is the visit by US filmmaker Michael Moore to Kvíabryggja prison, where the bankers are serving time.
Jailed bankers to play a role in Moore’s next film
The bankers, Sigurður Einarsson the Chairman of the Board, Magnús Guðmundsson the CEO of Kaupþing and Ólafur Ólafsson, the largest individual investor in Kaupþing, allege that Michael Moore sent a film crew to Kvíabryggja minimum security prison on Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland, where the bankers are serving time. According to the complaint the film crew spent an entire day at the prison, attempting to capture the bankers on film and interviewing other inmates about them.
Moore was in Iceland in May of 2015 to film scenes for his upcoming movie “Where to Invade Next”, in which he visits Iceland, Finland, Norway, Italy and other European Countries to document ideas about how to create a good society, and then importing them to the US.
The local news site Kjarninn reports that Moore tried to interview a number of Icelandic businessmen and financiers who were prominent in the years leading up to the 2008 crash, but without success. Kjarninn also reports that he filmed at Kvíabryggja prison after unsuccessful attempts to bar him from sending a film crew to the location.
Other complaints by the Kaupþing bankers
The complaint identifies three other issues which the bankers request be investigated. All three concern statements made by the Director of Prisons to local media regarding the bankers who are serving time at Kvíabryggja. Iceland Insider has covered these statements and allegations the bankers are living in luxury behind bars.
Read more: Jailed bankers accused of wanting to live in luxury behind bars
The Ombudsman has given the Director of Prisons until February 1 to respond to the questions.
