Danske Bank, the largest bank in Denmark, admitted that it helped the Russians conduct a multi-billion dollar scheme to access the American financial system.. It is reported by the US Department of Justice.

According to court documents, this bank secretly transferred money from "

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" In doing so, Danske Bank deliberately disregarded US laws of which it is well aware, facilitated the laundering of criminal and suspicious proceeds through the United States, and compromised the US financial network,"

Due to the actions of Danske Bank, suspicious clients were able to gain access to US banks that processed $ 160 billion on their behalf..

According to the confession and court documents, between 2008 and 2016 Danske Bank offered banking services through its branch in Estonia Danske Bank Estonia. He had a lucrative non-resident customer service business line known as NRP. Danske Bank Estonia attracted NRP clients by being able to transfer large amounts of money through this bank with little or no supervision. Danske Bank employees in Estonia colluded with NRP customers to hide the true nature of their transactions, including through shell companies that hid the actual ownership of funds.

Danske Bank pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud. And will be held accountable for years of criminal behavior. In particular, it will pay compensation in the amount of $ 2 billion.

Recall that on October 13, 2017 in France, Danske Bank was suspected that its Estonian branch was used to launder $230 million stolen from the Russian treasury.. It was this theft that was discovered by lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was later beaten to death in prison..

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The huge Russian money laundering scandal over the Danish Danske Bank and the related independent investigation revealed that in just one year, colossal amounts of " In total, the amount of laundered money was calculated at 30 billion dollars..

Russian President Vladimir Putin's cousin Igor Putin may have been involved in the largest ever $230 billion money laundering scheme through the Estonian branch of Denmark's largest bank Danske Bank.

Danske Bank left Estonia in 2019 after Russian money laundering scandal.

Danske Bank CEO Thomas Borgen leaves Danske Bank after scandal.

History of the "

Sergei Magnitsky was head of tax and auditing at Firestone Duncan, a firm that provided legal services, including to Hermitage Capital Management..

In the summer of 2007, the Russian branch of the Hermitage Capital fund was suspected of tax evasion.

Magnitsky led an investigation, according to which many high-ranking officials from law enforcement agencies were involved in corruption schemes.

Shortly before his arrest, Magnitsky accused a group of police officers and tax inspectors of using stolen documents from several Browder firms to steal 5.4 billion rubles ($230 million) from the state budget through value added tax refunds..

On November 24, 2008, Magnitsky was arrested on charges of helping the head of the foundation, Browder, evade taxes..

The case was initiated by police lieutenant colonel Artem Kuznetsov, and the investigation was led by Major Pavel Karpov. According to documents provided by the management of Firestone Duncan, the Kuznetsov family spent about $3 million over 3 years, and the Karpov family spent more than $1 million..

In November 2009, while in the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center, Sergei Magnitsky died..

Colleagues and relatives of Magnitsky are sure that the arrest and death of a lawyer are related to his professional activities. According to human rights activists, he was kept behind bars in " In addition, there are reasons to believe that Magnitsky's death was provoked by his beating.

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The scandalous "

In April 2010, US Senator Benjamin Cardin proposed sanctions against 60 Russian officials who, in his opinion, were involved in the death of Magnitsky..

A year later, he introduced the Sergei Magnitsky Responsibility and Rule of Law Bill to the Senate, which would ban entry to the United States and freeze the accounts of blacklisted individuals..

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The Russian authorities negatively assessed the adoption of the " Moscow's response was the so-called "

At the same time, in March 2013, the Investigative Committee of Russia closed the criminal case on the death of Magnitsky - according to the official conclusions of Russian investigators, he was taken into custody on legal grounds, was not subjected to pressure or violence in the isolation ward, and his death was due to natural causes..