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Sweden's highest court has cleared the former CEO of Swedbank of fraud and money laundering charges related to an Estonian scandal. This decision overturns previous suspicions and convictions against the former Danish top executive.
Birgitte Bonnesen, former CEO of Swedbank, is appealing her conviction in the court of appeal, hoping the Supreme Court will overturn her prison sentence.
During a Supreme Court hearing, Birgitte Bonnesen's lawyer reportedly shifted focus to interviews given by the former Swedbank CEO to Swedish media outlets SvD and TT.
The Swedish Supreme Court is set to rule on whether former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen should face prison for concealing the bank's money laundering issues, which originated from the Danske Bank scandal. The court has already established that Bonnesen withheld information.
Birgitte Bonnesen, the former CEO of Swedbank, is on trial in Sweden to determine if she deliberately provided misleading information regarding money laundering allegations.