Interpol has issued an international arrest warrant for former Icelandic bank chief Sigurdur Einarsson.
Einarsson, who ran the collapsed Kaupthing's bank, told prosecutors he is willing to return to assist the police with their enquiries on condition he is not arrested on arrival. The bank's former co-chief executive Hreidar Mar Sigurdsson remains in police custody, following his arrest last week on suspicion of several offences including embezzlement, falsifying documents and stock and bond trading violations. Iceland's special prosecutor is currently investigating in excess of 20 cases of potential criminal activity connected to Kaupthing and the country's other collapsed banks. Ka...
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