They inflated the already inflated real estate market with a few billion from
the Kaup Thing.
Now the Tchenguiz brothers have been confined by the cops for interrogation,
their houses have been checked.
Hey boys!
I'll tell you what they're looking for. I wrote about it last week.
They want some of that Iceland money.
You know.
that cash you keep in your deep freezer.
Iceland Krona. Kaup Thing food.
They want to see if you boys wouldn't mind
becoming MI5 spies so that you can
get some incriminating stuff on the Kaup Thing
that the Brits can use to blackmail or extort
the Iceland government.
Are you game, boys?
Tchenguiz brothers arrested in Kaupthing investigation
Property tycoons Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz are among nine detained in connection with the collapse of the Icelandic bank
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* Simon Bowers
* The Guardian, Thursday 10 March 2011
The Mayfair investment tycoons Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz were among nine people arrested in dawn raids by the Serious Fraud Office on Wednesday as part of its probe into the collapse of the Icelandic bank Kaupthing. London-based former bosses of the bank were also targeted.
More than 130 police swooped on two business properties and eight homes, arresting seven men aged between 42 and 54. They were being interviewed in central London. Two further arrests were made in Reykjavik.
Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz issued a joint statement, confirming they had been detained. "We were arrested earlier this morning and are being questioned with regard to matters relating to our relationship with Kaupthing Bank. Both of us are co-operating fully with the investigation and are confident that, once concluded, we will be cleared of any allegation of wrongdoing."
The brothers - who have both made substantial donations to the Tory party - had been expected to host a party on board Vincent's 40-metre luxury yacht Veni Vidi Vici in Cannes on Thursday....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/09/tchenguiz-brothers-arrested-kaupthing-collapse-iceland
They want some of that Iceland money.
You know.
that cash you keep in your deep freezer.
Iceland Krona. Kaup Thing food.
They want to see if you boys wouldn't mind
becoming MI5 spies so that you can
get some incriminating stuff on the Kaup Thing
that the Brits can use to blackmail or extort
the Iceland government.
Are you game, boys?
checkitout:
[the 'nice' story]Tchenguiz brothers arrested in Kaupthing investigation
Property tycoons Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz are among nine detained in connection with the collapse of the Icelandic bank
o Share190
* Simon Bowers
* The Guardian, Thursday 10 March 2011
The Mayfair investment tycoons Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz were among nine people arrested in dawn raids by the Serious Fraud Office on Wednesday as part of its probe into the collapse of the Icelandic bank Kaupthing. London-based former bosses of the bank were also targeted.
More than 130 police swooped on two business properties and eight homes, arresting seven men aged between 42 and 54. They were being interviewed in central London. Two further arrests were made in Reykjavik.
Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz issued a joint statement, confirming they had been detained. "We were arrested earlier this morning and are being questioned with regard to matters relating to our relationship with Kaupthing Bank. Both of us are co-operating fully with the investigation and are confident that, once concluded, we will be cleared of any allegation of wrongdoing."
The brothers - who have both made substantial donations to the Tory party - had been expected to host a party on board Vincent's 40-metre luxury yacht Veni Vidi Vici in Cannes on Thursday....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/09/tchenguiz-brothers-arrested-kaupthing-collapse-iceland
