Career

On 2 October 2009, Bjarte Baasland was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 4 years in prison and to return NOK 26,6 million to one of his creditors, Cecilie Nustad. Baasland fooled mainly his mother to lend him money for business projects.

Achievements

• He became famous in Norway in connection with the Baasland case in the autumn of 2008, when it was revealed that he had gambled away almost NOK 60 million (more than € 7 million) that he borrowed from family friends and banks.