Fallout from Money Laundering Scandal Continues as Fines Loom for Swedbank July 17, 2019 By Frances Schwartzkopff Swedbank AB acknowledged it will no longer be able to live up to its goal of paying out one of...
Explaining Europe’s Growing Money Laundering Scandal April 8, 2019 By Francesco Guarascio The largest ever money laundering scandal in Europe is rippling through the region’s banks. It began in the Baltics and...
Fallout Grows from Swedbank’s Money Laundering Scandal as Chairman Quits April 5, 2019 By Niklas Magnusson A week after Swedbank AB fired its chief executive officer, the lender is parting ways with its chairman as a...
Money Launderers Could Begin Targeting Smaller Banks, Warns Denmark April 2, 2019 By Frances Schwartzkopff Denmark’s financial watchdog is warning that smaller banks need to be on high alert for signs of money laundering as...
Swedbank Fires CEO on Growing Investor Criticism of Handling of Laundering Scandal March 29, 2019 By Esha Vaish and Johan Ahlander Swedbank dismissed Birgitte Bonnesen as chief executive on Thursday only an hour before its annual meeting after disgruntled shareholders rounded...
New Jersey Men, Associated Companies Charged in $1.4M Insurance Fraud Scheme March 28, 2019 Four New Jersey men and six of their associated businesses were charged with first-degree conspiracy and money laundering in connection...
Another Money Laundering Risk Seen Coming from Firms Providing Payment Services March 20, 2019 By Frances Schwartzkopff As one avenue for money launderers is shut, another one may be opening. In Denmark, home to Danske Bank A/S,...
Update: Europe’s Dirty Money Could Total $1 Trillion, Says Anti-Corruption Investor Browder March 7, 2019 By Frances Schwartzkopff and Niklas Magnusson Bill Browder, the investor who’s made a career of chasing money launderers, says the cases he’s brought against banks so...
What’s Known About Massive Russia Money Laundering Scheme, ‘Troika Laundromat’ March 7, 2019 By Christian Baumgaertel The so-called Troika Laundromat was a financial network set up by a Russian investment bank to help clients move money...
Swedbank Money Laundering Scandal Deepens with Possible Ukraine Connection February 27, 2019 By Niklas Magnusson, Hanna Hoikkala and Ott Ummelas Allegations of money laundering against Sweden’s oldest bank grew this week to draw in some of the former Soviet Union’s...