Danish Woman Charged Over Laundering of $4.5 Billion in Danske Bank Scandal

Danish Woman Charged Over Laundering of $4.5 Billion in Danske Bank Scandal
Danske Bank flags flutter at the bank's Estonian branch in Tallinn, Estonia, on Aug. 3, 2018. Ints Kalnins/Reuters
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COPENHAGEN—A Danish woman has been charged by Danish police in a money laundering case involving more than 30 billion Danish crowns ($4.55 billion) which was channeled through Danske Bank’s Estonian branch, Denmark’s public prosecutor said on Wednesday.

The 49-year old Danish citizen, is currently in preliminary questioning at Copenhagen city court, where it will be decided whether she will be remanded in custody, the prosecutor told Reuters.