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The first Danish bank was accused of having laundered around 200 billion euros through its Estonian subsidiary between 2007 and 2015.
Denmark’s largest bank, Danske Bank, has pleaded guilty to fraud in the United States and has agreed to pay a total of $2 billion to end proceedings launched by various authorities, the US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday.
Danske Bank “pleads guilty to defrauding US banks in connection with a multi-billion dollar scheme to gain access to the US financial system,” the department said in a statement. The bank was accused of having, between 2007 and 2015, laundered around 200 billion euros through its Estonian subsidiary.
