Icelandic media reported that Polish authorities had issued an arrest warrant for Christopher G. Krystynuson – who was previously listed in Poland’s population register as Krzysztof Gajowski – for financial fraud.

It is under the name Gajowski that he is wanted by the police in the town of Gryfino in the West Pomeranian province in northwestern Poland.

According to Icelandic media reports, Polish authorities filed a request to extradite Gajowski which was denied by Iceland.

Krystynuson told Icelandic public broadcaster RÚV that the case concerns a company he ran almost 30 years ago in Poland. He said that after the business ended in bankruptcy and court proceedings he left the country.

He considers himself innocent under Icelandic law because the authorities there denied Poland’s extradition request.

Representatives of Iceland’s ruling center-right Independence Party, which Krystynuson belongs to, said that when they put him on their party list, they were unaware of his problems in Poland.

Krystynuson has withdrawn his candidacy of his own accord, according to a statement sent to the media, which said: “It has become clear that he does not meet the requirements to sit in parliament.”

On Thursday, information about Krystynuson was no longer available on the Independence Party website.

Early parliamentary elections will be held in Iceland on November 30.