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Danske Bank admits fraud, to pay $2 billion fine: US

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  • 14 Dec 2022 17:00
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The US Justice Department says Danske bank misled US banks about its Estonia branch's anti-money laundering controls.

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  • Danske Bank admits fraud, to pay $2 billion fine
    Danske Bank admits fraud, to pay $2 billion fine

The United States Justice Department confirmed on Tuesday that Danske Bank, Denmark's largest, has pleaded guilty to defrauding American banks in order to sneak money into the US financial system and will forfeit $2 billion.

In a statement, the Department said the Danish bank misled US banks about its Estonia branch's anti-money laundering controls so as to facilitate access to the US financial system for high-risk customers outside Estonia.

"Today's guilty plea by Danske Bank and two-billion-dollar penalty demonstrate that the Department of Justice will fiercely guard the integrity of the US financial system from tainted foreign money -- Russian or otherwise," said Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco.

The bank was accused of laundering some 200 billion euros ($212 billion at today's exchange rate) from 2007 to 2015. The scandal erupted in 2018.

The Justice Department said Danske Bank Estonia had a profitable business line with non-resident customers called the NRP, which it lured by saying they could transfer large amounts of money through that bank with little to no oversight.

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The Department added that Danske Bank employees conspired with NRP customers to hide the true nature of their transactions, including by using shell companies to conceal the true owners.

"Access to the US financial system via the US banks was critical to Danske Bank and its NRP customers, who relied on access to US banks to process US dollar transactions," the statement indicated.

It highlighted that Danske Bank Estonia processed $160 billion through US banks on behalf of the NRP clients.

"Today, Danske Bank accepted responsibility for defrauding US financial institutions and funneling billions of dollars in suspicious and criminal transactions through the United States," pointed out Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite, of the Justice Department's Criminal Division.

"Danske Bank lied to U.S. banks about its deficient anti-money laundering systems, inadequate transaction monitoring capabilities, and its high-risk, offshore customer base in order to gain unlawful access to the U.S. financial system," Polite added.

Separately, the bank has agreed to pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) $413 million to settle charges that it misled investors about its compliance with anti-money laundering requirements, the SEC confirmed.

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