The
politicians
were
flagged
up
for
investigation
earlier
this
year
after
the
22-member
Shetland
Islands
Council
gave
the
£685m
($1.11bn)
project
the
green
light.
One
of
them,
Allan
Wishart,
is
a
project
co-ordinator
for
Viking
Energy,
which
is
owned
by
Scottish
and
Southern
Energy
(50%),
the
Shetland
Charitable
Trust
(45%)
and
a
local
wind
developer
(5%).
The
other
13
councillors
are
trustees
of
the
not-for-profit
Shetland
Charitable
Trust,
which
manages
a
pot
of
money
“to
benefit
the
inhabitants
of
Shetland”
and
has
backed
the
project,
which
it
claims
would
bring
in
£23m
a…
