Joachim Ralph Posener, born 17 January 1964 in Lidingö, is a Swedish financier and author. Posener, a lawyer by profession, was active in the Swedish financial markets from the late 1980s until the end of the 1990s. He gained public notoriety in November 1997 after being accused by the media as the mastermind behind Lord Moynes acquisition of the Swedish publicly traded company Trustor AB. This acquisition, which later become known as the Trustor affair, eventually led to one of Lord Moynes "Team" members, Thomas Jisander, being sentenced to prison.[1]
When the Swedish police acted against Lord Moyne and his "team" in October 1997, Posener happened to be abroad. According to his own statements, he chose not to return to Sweden, which became widely publicized in Swedish media and led to an international arrest warrant being issued against him. Initially, Posener claimed to have stayed in Spain, and later, he is believed to have lived in Argentina.[2]
Despite the International arrest warrant, Posener was never found by the police, and the crimes they suspected him of were no longer actionable against Mr Posener, due to the Swedish statute of limitations. As of June 20, 2007, no member of Lord Moyne's "team" could be accused in any court of law for their involvement in the Trustor Affair.[3]
Joachim Posener has never been found guilty of any crime in connection with the Trustor Affair and the police have had no further interest in him since 2009.[3] In 2007, Posener and Trustor AB reached an out-of-court settlement regarding any economic relationship between them, resulting in Posener paying 1.5 million SEK to Trustor AB.[4]
Two and a half years later, in December 2009, Swedish police and State prosecutor Bernt Berger met with Joachim Posener and Posener's Swedish attorney Leif Gustafson, at Posener's own request at the Swedish embassy in Belgium. Posener sought this meeting to be interrogated by the police to resolve the last remaining criminal charges against him. The issue at hand was whether Posener had the right to under the existing legal circumstances in which he found himself in 2004 published the book Internationellt Efterlyst – Mitt liv efter Trustor.[5] As well as for appearing in a Swedish TV-interview with the show 45 Minuter hosted by Renée Nyberg on TV3 to discuss his case.[6] Shortly after the meeting in Brussels, Bernt Berger cleared all remaining suspicions against Posener. Since 2009, there have been no further suspicions of wrongdoing involving Joachim Posener.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "Fängelse för Thomas Jisander". di.se. 26 October 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (2 December 2004). "Joachim Posener bodde i Latinamerika". svt.se. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Joachim Posener jagas inte längre". Expressen. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (28 September 2007). "Posener och Trustor har förlikats". svt.se. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ Internationellt Efterlyst – Mitt Liv Efter Trustor, Joachim Posener, 2004,ISBN 0-9549320-0-5
- ^ 45 minuter: Joachim Posener talar ut. Del 1/6. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Joachim Posener en fri man". DN.SE. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "Joachim Posener a free man". The Local. Retrieved 6 April 2016.