Lawyer charged in large money laundering scheme

A lawyer has been indicted for laundering 2.4 million DKK and transferring 33 million DKK through client accounts without proper checks for criminal origins as per the National Unit for Serious Crime (NSK). The NSK claims that between January 2021 and November 2022, the lawyer didn’t assess the risk or control the legality of the money for 15 clients. Additionally, the lawyer is accused of abuse of trust by sharing confidential information from a criminal case. An unnamed NSK prosecutor argues that the lawyer played a key role in allowing illegal profits to enter the legal economy and obscuring their illegal origins. The lawyer faces a potential ban on practicing law, with NSK asking for a temporary suspension until the trial verdict. The court has yet to schedule the case or consider lifting the gag order.