The Sovereign Voice Issue 5 | Page 118

ICELAND JUST DID THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT IT FOUND NINE BAD BANKERS GUILTY IN HISTORIC CASE Reykjavik, Iceland – On Thursday, Iceland’s Supreme Court found nine bankers guilty of market manipulation, affirming the conviction of the seven defendants found in a June 2015 decision by the Reykjavik District Court, and handing down a guilty verdict to two defendants previously acquitted in district court. The Supreme Court decision found that “[b]y fully financing share purchases with no other surety than the shares themselves, the bankers were accused of giving a false and misleading impression of demand for Kaupthing shares by means of deception and pretense,” according to the I