Ex-Danske CEO Borgen Charged Over Money Laundering Case: Report

Ex-Danske CEO Borgen Charged Over Money Laundering Case: Report
Thomas Borgen, CEO in Danske Bank in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Nov. 16, 2017. Ritzau Scanpix/Reuters
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COPENHAGEN—Danish prosecutors have charged Thomas Borgen, former chief executive of Danske Bank, over his involvement in one of the world’s biggest money-laundering scandals, newspaper Borsen reported on May 7, citing his lawyer.

Borgen is the first person to be charged in a case that involves suspicious transactions of some 200 billion euros ($224 billion) that passed through Danske Bank’s Estonian branch between 2007 and 2015.