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A 49-year-old Lithuanian woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for money laundering, as the aftermath of Danske Bank’s money laundering scandal continues.
A Lithuanian woman has been sent to prison by a Danish court after pleading guilty to money laundering through Danske Bank's Estonian branch, Danish police confirmed.
“This is the largest amount we have seen in a case of money laundering brought before the court in Denmark,” pointed out Lisette Jørgensen, special prosecutor at Denmark’s National Unit for Special Crime (NSK).
The woman, who faces deportation from the country after her sentence is complete, admitted to the attempted money laundering of just over 29bn kroner (£3.5bn).
The crime took place in the period from December 2008 to March 2016. Money was channelled through a number of companies, all of which had accounts in Danske Bank's branch in Estonia.
She and two other defendants made it possible to receive and transfer money, money that was directly or indirectly obtained from the proceeds of crime, using 40 different Danish limited partnerships.
This particular case forms part of a much larger money laundering investigation against Danske Bank that is taking place in Europe and elsewhere.
The financial institution has separately been investigated by authorities in several countries, including the United States and Sweden, after its involvement in one of the world's biggest money laundering scandals.
More than €200bn (£232bn) in suspicious transactions have flowed through its Estonian branch, which has since been ordered to shut down.
