The Copenhagen Post | Danish ex-CEO of Swedish bank acquitted in fraud case by Ritzau

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The Swedish Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted former Swedbank chief executive Birgitte Bonnesen of gross fraud, overturning her earlier September 2024 conviction by the Svea Court of Appeal that had sentenced her to one year and three months in prison; the acquittal was reported by SVT and confirmed in an official court press release.

Read more: https://cphpost.dk/2026-04-21/news/round-up/danish-ex-ceo-of-swedish-bank-acquitted-in-fraud-case/

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Sweden Herald - Latest Sweden News | Background: The twists surrounding Birgitte Bonnesen by Sweden Herald

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Birgitte Bonnesen, the former CEO of Swedbank, has been acquitted by the Supreme Court after a tumultuous legal saga that began with a district‑court acquittal, followed by a Svea Court of Appeal conviction in September 2023 that sentenced her to one year and three months for aggravated fraud. The appellate court had found that Bonnesen gave misleading statements in 2018 interviews with Svenska Dagbladet and TT, suggesting the bank had no suspected money‑laundering links to Danske Bank’s Estonian operations—a claim that could have distorted assessments of Swedbank’s financial health. Bonnesen, who denied any wrongdoing and was forced to resign in March 2019, saw the bank later fined four billion kronor by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority for serious anti‑money‑laundering failures in the Baltics. The Supreme Court’s reversal ends the legal proceedings surrounding her case.

Read more: https://swedenherald.com/article/background-the-twists-surrounding-birgitte-bonnesen

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Sweden Herald - Latest Sweden News | Supreme Court acquits Swedbank's former CEO Birgitte Bonnesen of fraud by Sweden Herald

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The Swedish Supreme Court overturned the Court of Appeal’s conviction of former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen, acquitting her of all criminal charges related to aggravated fraud. The appeal court had sentenced Bonnesen to a year and three months in prison for allegedly providing misleading information about money‑laundering links between Swedbank and Danske Bank’s operations in Estonia during 2018 interviews with Svenska Dagbladet and TT. The Supreme Court ruled that whether such publications constitute a fraud offence must be assessed case‑by‑case and emphasized that the questions Bonnesen answered fall under the protection of freedom of expression, leading to her acquittal.

Read more: https://swedenherald.com/article/supreme-court-acquits-swedbanks-former-ceo-birgitte-bonnesen-of-fraud

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Tingsrätten frikände. Hovrätten dömde. Nu kommer Högsta domstolen med ett slutgiltigt beslut – och frikänner Swedbanks…

Tingsrätten frikände. Hovrätten dömde. Nu kommer Högsta domstolen med ett slutgiltigt beslut – och frikänner Swedbanks tidigare vd Birgitte Bonnesen.#birgittebonnesen #swedbank #högstadomstolen
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▸ Birgitte Bonnesen, Swedbanks förra vd, döms för grovt svindleri till ett år och tre månaders fängelse.

Birgitte Bonnesen, Swedbanks förra vd, döms för grovt svindleri till ett år och tre månaders fängelse. Det meddelar Svea Hovrätt på tisdagen.#birgittebonnesen #swedbank #penningtvätt
Swedbanks tidigare vd döms till fängelse