A tale of High-tech ‘grifters’, International tax avoidance, and high profile donors

The alleged crime began August 2004, when Roger Davidson went to Bedi's computer service shop in Mount Kisco, NY to rid his computer of a virus. The couple were arrested about November 4, 2010. Davidson, a grammy-winning pianist and heir to a family fortune, said Wednesday that he was the victim of a "sophisticated theft scheme involving grifters of the highest order." Source: November 11, 2010 -LoHud.com
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The engrossing story has largely escaped mainstream media attention in the U.S., so far. A simple reason news coverage has been lacking may be guessed from the composite photo above. Political bias could be the easiest part of this strange story to understand.
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The Icelandic woman, Helga Invarsdottir, was arrested on suspicion of extortion over a week ago. Earlier this year, Invarsdottir and Bedi had donated $20,000 to a Democratic Party election fund and had their picture taken with President Barack Obama.

Alleged extortion

The couple are accused of extorting almost $6 Millon from Davidson, a wealthy Schlumberger heir. The stranger-than-fiction story began when Davidson asked Mount Kisco computer store owners Vickram Bedi, 36, and his Icelandic girlfriend Helga Invarsdottir, 39, to rid his computer of a virus.
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The crime allegations contain elements likened to a movie plot. According to police, the pair convinced Davidson that the virus was part of a scheme by government intelligence agencies, foreign nationals and even priests associated with Catholic organisation, Opus Dei. The victim is said to have agreed to pay the pair $160,000 per month for 24-hour protection against the fictitious threats; payments continued until recently. Opus Dei was described in Dan Brown's fanciful book The Da Vinci Code, which later became a movie. source
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Alleged Pornography and Tax Evasion
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According to authorities, Bedi allegedly made a series of claims; first that the source of the computer virus was traced to Honduras by his uncle, and that Davidson was the target of Polish priests linked to Opus Dei. Bedi also allegedly claimed that he had been picked by the Central Intelligence Agency to stop the priests from infiltrating the federal government.
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Bedi gave a rebuttal to the criminal charges this week in an interview with The Journal News and presented a different version of events, including that Davidson willingly gave the money. Among his claims are that Davidson was importing $400 million from a tax shelter in Europe and evidence of that activity was found on his computer. source: newrochelle.patch.com
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According to Bedi, Davidson entered his Mount Kisco store in August 2004 with a computer virus and was worried about the content stored in his hard drive, including decades of musical compositions, "massive amounts" of pornography and, most importantly, e-mails between Davidson's family and lawyers addressing their effort to transfer a portion of the family's wealth to the United States from Lichtenstein, where they were evading taxes from the United States, France and other countries. source
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The American media were aware of this story and contacted the White House because of it. They were told that because of the extortion case, the donation will be given to charity, Fréttabladid reports.
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Submarines are always silent and strange.