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Former Danish financial regulator charged in connection with money laundering scandal

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epa07031518 (FILE) - An exterior view of Danske Bank building in Tallinn, Estonia 25 March 2017 (reissued 19 September 2018). Thomas F. Borgen has resigned as a result of an alleged money laundering scandal, Danske Bank said in a stock exchange announcement on 19 September 2018. According to reports, Borgen has resigned ahead of an internal report into alleged money laundering via the bank's branch in Estonia. EPA-EFE/VALDA KALNINA

The former chair of Denmark’s financial regulator who had previously been finance director of Danske Bank has been charged and his house raided in connection with a €200bn money laundering scandal.

Henrik Ramlau-Hansen was charged by Danish economic prosecutors and his house outside Copenhagen was raided, people familiar with the investigation said, confirming a report in Danish daily newspaper Borsen.

The people said he was charged with failure to prevent certain transactions at Danske where he was finance director from 2011 until 2015.

The prosecutors’ moves mark a significant escalation in the €200bn scandal, which has cost Danske half its market capitalisation, triggered the ousting of its chief executive and chairman, and sparked criminal investigations in Denmark, the US, France and Estonia.

Via Financial Times / Borsen

Topics Danske BankDenmarkFinancial Services