Danske Whistleblower Says Big European Bank Handled $150 Billion in Payments

Danske Whistleblower Says Big European Bank Handled $150 Billion in Payments
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—The whistleblower who revealed alleged money laundering involving Danske Bank said on Nov. 19 that a major European bank helped process up to $150 billion in suspicious payments and two U.S. lenders were also involved.

Howard Wilkinson, who was head of Danske Bank’s trading unit in the Baltics from 2007 to 2014, did not name the banks, but Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, and Bank of America all cleared dollar transactions for Danske’s Estonian branch, sources have told Reuters.