International media outlets, including The Guardian and Suddeutsche Zeitung as well as Reykjavík Media revealed that Dorrit Moussaieff, wife of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the president of Iceland, has connections to at least five Swiss bank accounts and owns two off-shore companies in tax havens. The revelation comes less than two weeks after Ólafur Ragnar denied the possibility that he, his wife or family had any connections to off-shore companies in tax havens or that their names could emerge from the Panama Papers.
Read more: New documents show that President of Iceland had connection to offshore company in tax haven
Dorrit Moussaieff’s tax haven connections emerged from documents in two different document leaks, the so-called “Swiss Leaks” and the Panama papers. The Swiss leaks revealed the names of people who had used the services of HSBC Private Bank in Switzerland, frequently to hide assets from the tax authorities in the customers’ home countries. The documents reveal that Dorrit’s family had at least five Swiss bank accounts, holding 80 million US dollars.
The documents also reveal that Dorrit owned accompany called Jaywick Properties Inc , registered in the British Virgin Islands, as well as a second company, Moussaieff Sharon Trust. Last week the local news site Kjarninn and the English language weekly Reykjavík Grapevine revealed that Dorrit also had connections to a third company in the British Virgin Islands, Lasca Finance Limited.
Ólafur Ragnar has steadfastly denied he had any knowledge of these connections. A written statement by his secretary states that the he has never heard of the companies in question, nor does he ever had any knowledge of the financial connections of his wife to other family members.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no Iceland's president categorically denied in this CNN interview that his family had any links with off-shore companies in tax-havens.
The revelations are embarrassing for the president in the light of his earlier unequivocal statements that neither he nor his wife or family had any connections to companies in tax havens. In an interview with Christiane Amanpour on CNN on April 22 Ólafur answered a question whether any information might surface linking him, his wife or family to off-shore companies in tax-havens with “No, no, no, no, no, no, no. That’s not going to be the case.”
International media outlets, including The Guardian and Suddeutsche Zeitung as well as Reykjavík Media revealed that Dorrit Moussaieff, wife of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the president of Iceland, has connections to at least five Swiss bank accounts and owns two off-shore companies in tax havens. The revelation comes less than two weeks after Ólafur Ragnar denied the possibility that he, his wife or family had any connections to off-shore companies in tax havens or that their names could emerge from the Panama Papers.
Read more: New documents show that President of Iceland had connection to offshore company in tax haven
Dorrit Moussaieff’s tax haven connections emerged from documents in two different document leaks, the so-called “Swiss Leaks” and the Panama papers. The Swiss leaks revealed the names of people who had used the services of HSBC Private Bank in Switzerland, frequently to hide assets from the tax authorities in the customers’ home countries. The documents reveal that Dorrit’s family had at least five Swiss bank accounts, holding 80 million US dollars.
The documents also reveal that Dorrit owned accompany called Jaywick Properties Inc , registered in the British Virgin Islands, as well as a second company, Moussaieff Sharon Trust. Last week the local news site Kjarninn and the English language weekly Reykjavík Grapevine revealed that Dorrit also had connections to a third company in the British Virgin Islands, Lasca Finance Limited.
Ólafur Ragnar has steadfastly denied he had any knowledge of these connections. A written statement by his secretary states that the he has never heard of the companies in question, nor does he ever had any knowledge of the financial connections of his wife to other family members.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no Iceland's president categorically denied in this CNN interview that his family had any links with off-shore companies in tax-havens.
The revelations are embarrassing for the president in the light of his earlier unequivocal statements that neither he nor his wife or family had any connections to companies in tax havens. In an interview with Christiane Amanpour on CNN on April 22 Ólafur answered a question whether any information might surface linking him, his wife or family to off-shore companies in tax-havens with “No, no, no, no, no, no, no. That’s not going to be the case.”
