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Danske Bank Pleads Guilty to Fraud on U.S. Banks in Multi-Billion Dollar Scheme to Access the U.S. Financial System
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DOJ press release (13 Dec 2022): Danske Bank guilty plea to conspiracy to commit bank fraud; forfeiture of $2.059 billion ("$2 billion" in headline); DOJ credits about $850 million paid to the SEC and Danish authorities; $160 billion processed through US banks for non-resident customers (about the crime); by Feb 2014 the bank knew of suspicious transactions from audits, regulators and "an internal whistleblower"; resolution factors; SEC settlement of about $413 million incl. $178.6 million civil penalty. Already in the data: the DOJ case and the plea event. Added: the SEC settlement as its own case row.
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What it covers Danske Bank plea, $2.059 billion forfeiture, SEC $413 million, mention of internal whistleblower
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