Investor Browder Asks France to Investigate Danske in Magnitsky Case

Businessman Bill Browder speaks after the coroner ruled that Russian businessman Alexander Perepilichnyy probably died of natural causes outside his home in 2012, after the inquest concluded at the Old Bailey, in London, Britain, December 19, 2018. Reuters/Henry Nicholls

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Bill Browder, founder and CEO of investment fund Hermitage Capital Management, said on Jan. 10 he had asked French authorities to investigate Danske Bank over alleged money laundering, rather than treating it as a witness.

Danske Bank is already under investigation by authorities in Denmark, Estonia, Britain, and the United States over suspicious payments totaling 200 billion euros ($229 billion) made through its Estonian branch between 2007 and 2015.