Finance Credit
Finance Credit was a Norwegian company that went bankrupt in 2002, after facing criminal investigation for siphoning funds it borrowed from six Norwegian banks to offshore tax havens, in what became known as the Finance Credit scandal, arguably the biggest economic fraud in Norwegian history. The company was founded by Torgeir Stensrud and Trond Kristoffersen, who were in 2005 convicted on charges of fraud to 7 and 9 years in prison, respectively. Stensrud and Kristoffersen were also both fined about 100 million €.
Trond Kristoffersen
Trond Kristoffersen was co-founder of the Finance Credit.He was born in Hammerfest. In 2003, he was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 9 years in prison. He was also fined 1,2 billion NOK, and subsequently went personally bankrupt. He was also barred from engaging in any independent form of trade, as well as from holding senior or board positions in any companies, for life.
He was incarcerated in Ullersmo prison from 2007, after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, and was serving the rest of his 9-year prison sentence. After six years in jail he was released after lodging an appeal. He died in August 2013.