Valitor, a partner of Visa and Mastercard, must pay WikiLeaks $10 million (U.S.) for refusing to lift its 2011 banking blockade against the whistleblowing site despite a court order, Icelandic media report.
The District Court of Reykjavik is ordering Valitor to hand over some $10 million (1.2 billion Icelandic krona) to WikiLeaks payment processor DataCell and WikiLeaks publisher Sunshine Press after Valitor failed to comply with a 2013 Supreme Court order to resume processing credit card payments for WikiLeaks.
Valitor was warned when the ruling came down that if it did not lift the blockade, daily penalties would continue to pile up. It is reported that Valitor plans to appeal.
The District Court of Reykjavik is ordering Valitor to hand over some $10 million (1.2 billion Icelandic krona) to WikiLeaks payment processor DataCell and WikiLeaks publisher Sunshine Press after Valitor failed to comply with a 2013 Supreme Court order to resume processing credit card payments for WikiLeaks.
Valitor was warned when the ruling came down that if it did not lift the blockade, daily penalties would continue to pile up. It is reported that Valitor plans to appeal.
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