Danish ex-director of Swedish bank may face Supreme Court

Former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen, convicted of fraud, may have her case heard by the Swedish Supreme Court, according to the Swedish news agency TT. The Supreme Court allowed for the review of her case, known as a third-tier appeal. Bonnesen was sentenced to one year and three months in prison for gross fraud in fall 2024. The court found her statements misleading, suggesting no suspicious money laundering links with another bank’s Estonian activities. Initially acquitted by a Stockholm court, it was then the prosecutors who appealed. Bonnesen now seeks a Supreme Court hearing. The review will focus on proven suspicions of money laundering between Swedbank’s Estonian branch and Danske Bank’s Estonian branch from 2007 to 2015, acknowledging Bonnesen’s awareness of the issues.