Wary Whistleblower Casts Light on Dark Danish Drama

Wary Whistleblower Casts Light on Dark Danish Drama
Danske Bank whistleblower Howard Wilkinson speaks at a public hearing at the Danish parliament in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Nov. 19, 2018. Ritzau Scanpix/Liselotte Sabroe via Reuters
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LONDON/COPENHAGEN, Denmark—When Howard Wilkinson was given a tablet as a gift from a client and his boss did not respond to questions about what he should do with it, the Briton sold it and donated the proceeds to the Tallinn Children’s’ Hospital in Estonia.

The former banker-turned whistleblower then handed the receipt to his employer, Copenhagen-based Danske Bank, which has since has become embroiled in one of the world’s biggest money-laundering scandals.