Danske Bank Cleared of U.S. Sanctions Liability for Estonia Scandal
December 21 2020 - 12:12PM
Dow Jones News
By Dylan Tokar
The U.S. Treasury Department's sanctions watchdog has closed an
investigation into a money-laundering scandal at Danske Bank A/S's
Estonia branch, the Danish lender said.
The closure of the probe by the Treasury's Office of Foreign
Assets Control, which is responsible for civil enforcement of U.S.
sanctions, doesn't signal an end to legal woes stemming from the
Estonia scandal.
Danske came under investigation for money laundering after
admitting that it failed to appropriately vet about $230 billion in
transfers by non-Estonians through its branch in Tallinn, Estonia,
primarily by Russians, between 2007 and 2015.
Danske remains under investigation by the U.S. Justice
Department, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and by criminal
law enforcement and regulatory agencies in Denmark and France, the
bank said in a statement issued Saturday.
OFAC didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
News of the sanctions probe's closure came in the form of a
letter from OFAC, Danske said. The decision doesn't preclude the
watchdog from taking future action if new information comes to
light, the bank said.
Write to Dylan Tokar at dylan.tokar@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 21, 2020 11:57 ET (16:57 GMT)
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