Danske Bank has definitely carried out a large number of issues mistaken. Laundering cash, largely, and lots of it, for many individuals on a list of individuals for whom it ought to most particularly not been laundering cash. It was additionally, predictably and particularly, given the above, fairly unhealthy at detecting cash laundering or listening to those who did. And, in fact, it did enterprise with Deutsche Bank, a critical sufficient lapse in judgement in and of itself, even earlier than you understand that almost all of that enterprise was—you guessed it—laundering money. But one factor it does not appear to have carried out mistaken is violate U.S. sanctions whereas doing all of that cash laundering.
Denmark’s largest financial institution has been advised by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) that an investigation into it’s being closed, based on a press release on Saturday…. The origin of the dirty cash that flowed via Danske led to hypothesis it could have breached U.S. sanctions, which might have became greater the probability of a considerable positive.
Which is to not say, provided that OFAC was simply considered one of roughly a million authorities around the world trying into issues, {that a} very substantial pile of fines, certainly, will not be nonetheless within the offing.
“As the bank said in its statement, probes by DOJ and SEC continue, which we think are likely related to possible money laundering and maybe disclosure violations. The risk of penalties in that regard still exists….”/[Danske Chief Compliance Officer Philippe] Vollot additionally stated the financial institution stays “unable to estimate any potential outcome” of its dialogues with the authorities investigating it.
U.S. Clears Danske of Sanctions Breach, But Case Isn’t Over [Bloomberg]