“Swedbank’s chairman is leaving his post”
“Swedbank’s chairman of the board Lars Idermark will leave his role with immediate effect.”
“This after the recent turmoil in the major banks have.”
“instead, the current vice chairman Ulrika Francke into the role of chairman.”
“the News came in Friday morning in a press release from the major banks have:”
“”After the recent strong debate on the Swedbank and the issue of the bank’s handling of suspected money laundering in the Baltic countries, I have found that the media attention that this created is not compatible with my ceo-the mission of the group Södra” said Idermark, and adds that he will leave his post with immediate effect. “
“Further,” says Lars Idermark, that ”it has been difficult in a massmedialt very spaced location to get a hearing for the proportions, matters of fact, and to be able to respond to direct errors”. “
“the News comes just over a week after that Swedbank’s ceo Birgitte Bonnesen been fired.”
“This after the Mission’s audit disclosures of suspected money laundering within the bank.”
“september 19, 2018: the Scope of the penningtvättsskandalen on Danske Bank’s operations in the Baltic states stands ready after a major investigation. The suspicious transactions amounts to approximately sek 2 000 billion. The ceo and chairman depart.”
“October 23, 2018: Swedbank’s ceo Birgitte Bonnesen asserts that the Swedish bank does not have the corresponding corpse in the closet. (Afterwards she says to have been aimed at a few companies mentioned publicly in the Danske Bank scandal.)”
“According to the SVT program has Swedbankkunder also ties to the so-called Magnitskijhärvan, then the tax from the american financier Bill Browders company Hermitage in Russia rather to have been misappropriated by Russian government officials and gangsters. The tangle led to u.s. sanctions against those designated.”
“the News and revelations about Swedbank has since come thick and fast. Some of them:
“* Swedbank has informed some of the major shareholder, but not to other owners, on what the Mandate review would report on, whereupon the serious fraud office launches a criminal investigation concerning insider dealing.”
“* Swedbank seems to have washed money and slussat bribery Ukraine’s expresident Viktor Yanukovych.”
“* An internal investigation is reported to have shown already in 2018 Swedbank known to the suspected money-laundering at up to 90 billion. The link to the Magnitskijhärvan should have been found in 2013.”
“* Browder submit an extensive notification to the Swedish police about the bank’s alleged money laundering.”
“* Swedbank adds the 22 march until the investigation of the management of the 50 companies, but it is met by widespread criticism of being very deficient.”
“* Swedbank may have misled the united states-the state of New York, the financial services authority DFS. In a letter to the 2018 no one tells about clients with ties to the infamous juristbyrån Mossack Fonseca, the protagonist of the scandal with the Panamadokumenten 2016. DFS is investigating now Swedbank, reports Assignments review the day before the annual general meeting on 28 march.”
“* serious fraud office make on the same day, the 27 march, a raid on Its headquarters by reason of insidermisstankarna. The investigation broadened even to the grossly fraudulent activity from 23 October 2018 when the Bonnesen dismissive of suspected money-laundering at the bank. No person at the bank is at this stage notified the suspicion of a crime.”
“* Shortly before the meeting on march 28, notifies the board that Bonnesen has dismissed, that is to say, got fired.”
“* Swedbank’s sue voted to grant the board of directors, including the chairman Lars Idermark discharge but not the ceo Bonnesen.”