Danske Bank scandal is growing
Danske, Denmark’s biggest bank, had been in the crosshairs of investigators since Danish daily Berlingske last year claimed that it had been behind the laundering of around $3.9 billion of […]
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Woman jailed in Denmark for Bitcoin murder plot
A woman from Italy who ordered her boyfriend’s murder via a website and paid a hitman in the digital currency bitcoin was sentenced to six years in a Danish jail on Friday.
The Italian woman, who has remained unnamed, hired the hitman on a site called Crime Bay. She wanted the hitman to murder her boyfriend, so she sent the hitman a photograph of the intended victim along with his address. She insisted that the hitman use a silencer and that he succeed in killing the victim on the first attempt.
Big Nordic banks involved in money laundering fraud
Two of the Nordics’ biggest banks, Nordea and Danske Bank, are involved in a money laundering scandal that involves billions of Danish krona, reports Berlingske. They are cooperating with authorities over possible incidents of money laundering via their overseas branches from 2011 to 2014, it added.
The Danish newspaper cites investigations into authorities in countries including Latvia and Moldova, which show that large amounts of money passed through Danish banks into tax havens like the Seychelles and Panama. The origin of the money is not certain, but sources point to Russian organized crime. Meanwhile, according to Berlingske, fourteen Moldovan judges have been arrested and are awaiting trial for aiding the perpetrators.