Birgitte Bonnesen

2024 - 9 - 10

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Birgitte Bonnesen - Finanssektor - Hvidvaskning - Svensk retssystem - Swedbank

Chokerende nyheder: Tidligere Swedbank CEO, Birgitte Bonnesen, er idømt fængsel for svindel. Hvad skete der egentligt bag facaden?

I en sensationel afgørelse har en svensk appelret fundet den tidligere CEO for Swedbank, Birgitte Bonnesen, skyldig i grov svindel. Dommen faldt i forbindelse med hendes håndtering af anti-hvidvaskningsprotokoller relateret til bankens aktiviteter i Estland. I alt er hun nu dømt til fængsel i 15 måneder, hvilket sætter en dramatisk stopper for hendes karriere som en af de mest magtfulde kvinder i den nordiske bankverden.

Bonnesen, der blev administrerende direktør i Swedbank i 2016, havde før sin ansættelse opbygget et solidt ry i banksektoren. Hendes pludselige nedtur kan synes chokerende, ikke kun fordi hun stod ved roret i en stor international bank, men også fordi hun imponerede mange med sin lederstil. Retten argumenterede for, at Bonnesen bevidst har vildledt investorer om bankens forhold til hvidvaskningsaktiviteter, hvilket skabte en skandale, der rystede hele den svenske finanssektor.

I forbindelse med dommen kom der nye oplysninger frem om, hvordan Bonnesen og hendes team hadde forsøgt at holde problemerne skjult, og hvor alvorlige konsekvenserne af disse handlinger har været for ikke bare Swedbank, men hele det finansielle landskab. Den finansielle svindel og de tilhørende hvidvaskningsanklager har fået vidtrækkende konsekvenser, herunder faldende aktiekurser og mistet tillid blandt kunderne.

Kendelsen er bemærkelsesværdig, da det er første gang, en bankleder i Sverige er blevet dømt og straffet med fængsel i forbindelse med en hvidvaskningsskandale. Skandalen har også affødt en debatform om bankernes pligter og ansvar, og hvordan de skal håndtere hvidvaskningsbekæmpelse i fremtiden. Swedbank selv har udtrykt stor skuffelse over dommen og har lovet at fortsætte arbejdet for at genetablere tilliden til institutionen.

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Former Swedbank CEO Bonnesen sentenced to prison in money ... (Reuters)

A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday found former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen guilty of gross fraud over her handling of anti-money laundering protocols in ...

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Former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen Sentenced to Prison for ... (Bloomberg)

Swedbank AB's former chief executive officer, Birgitte Bonnesen, was sentenced to a year and three months in prison for gross swindling related to her ...

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BREAKING: Shock as ex-Swedbank CEO Bonnesen jailed over ... (AML Intelligence)

The court found Birgitte Bonnesen guilty of gross fraud over her handling of anti-money laundering protocols in Estonia. The shock decision overturns a first- ...

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Prison for former Swedbank chief over money-laundering scandal (Financial Times)

Birgitte Bonnesen becomes first banker jailed over Estonia money-laundering affair.

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Former Swedbank CEO Jailed For 'Swindling' (CHANNELS TELEVISION)

A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced the former chief executive of Swedish bank Swedbank to 15 months in prison for deceiving investors about the bank's links ...

Former Swedbank CEO Bonnesen sentenced to prison over ... (marketscreener.com)

A Swedish appeals court on Tuesday found former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen guilty of gross fraud over her handling of anti-money laundering protocols in ...

Former Swedbank CEO Jailed For 'Swindling' (Barron's)

A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced the former chief executive of Swedish bank Swedbank to 15 months in prison for deceiving investors about the bank's ...

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Former bank boss suffers dramatic fall from grace (ICLG.com)

One of Sweden's top bank executives has been handed a prison sentence for misleading investors. Former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen has been sentenced to ...

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Swedish appeals court convicts Swedbank ex-CEO over Estonian ... (ERR News)

A Swedish court of appeal sentenced former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen to 15 months in prison in connection with the money laundering case involving the ...

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Former Swedbank CEO Sentenced to 15 Months for Misleading ... (CEOWORLD magazine)

In a surprising reversal of an earlier ruling, a Swedish court has sentenced Birgitte Bonnesen, the former CEO of Swedbank, to 15 months in prison for ...

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OPINION: Jailing of Swedbank's Birgitte Bonnesen puts bank boards ... (AML Intelligence)

Birgitte Bonnesen was speaking to the media after Swedbank's quarter three results in 2018. At the time, the massive money laundering scandal that had engulfed ...

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