Last Friday the police arrested the two women in an “extensive police action”, on suspicion of having attempted to blackmail the Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, local news site Visir reports. According to the news service, which broke the news on Tuesday morning, the two women are suspected of having attempted to blackmail the Prime Minister and his family to the tune of several million ISK (under 100.000 EUR/USD).
According to the sources of Visir the two women had threatened to reveal publicly “information which was supposedly uncomfortable for the Prime Minister”.
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and his wife, Anna Sigurlaug Pálsdóttir are among the wealthiest people in Iceland, with assets are estimated to be more than a billion krona (10 million EUR/USD).
Since the story broke, Icelandic social media has been brimming with speculation and rumors about what the possible extortion letter was referring to, but neither the Police nor the prime minister’s assistant Jóhannes Þór Skúlason, have offered any public comments on the case.
UPDATE
The two suspects have been identified as sisters Malín Brand and Hlín Einarsdóttir. Malín is a journalist at daily newspaper Morgunblaðið and Hlín is the former editor of lifestyle website bleikt.is.
Last Friday the police arrested the two women in an “extensive police action”, on suspicion of having attempted to blackmail the Prime Minister of Iceland, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, local news site Visir reports. According to the news service, which broke the news on Tuesday morning, the two women are suspected of having attempted to blackmail the Prime Minister and his family to the tune of several million ISK (under 100.000 EUR/USD).
According to the sources of Visir the two women had threatened to reveal publicly “information which was supposedly uncomfortable for the Prime Minister”.
Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and his wife, Anna Sigurlaug Pálsdóttir are among the wealthiest people in Iceland, with assets are estimated to be more than a billion krona (10 million EUR/USD).
Since the story broke, Icelandic social media has been brimming with speculation and rumors about what the possible extortion letter was referring to, but neither the Police nor the prime minister’s assistant Jóhannes Þór Skúlason, have offered any public comments on the case.
UPDATE
The two suspects have been identified as sisters Malín Brand and Hlín Einarsdóttir. Malín is a journalist at daily newspaper Morgunblaðið and Hlín is the former editor of lifestyle website bleikt.is.
