Thomas Borgen

Register entry

Thomas Borgen is recorded in this register under the heading “Regulator decision”, in connection with the role of Former chief executive, Danske Bank. The entry is filed to Copenhagen (Denmark), which is the location associated with the role in the published material rather than a statement of present residence or employment.

The Danish prosecutor indicted him over the Estonia anti-money-laundering case; a Copenhagen court acquitted him in 2022. The case concerned institutional failings, not a personal criminal finding. The register reproduces the substance of the linked source and does not extend it. Where a matter has been appealed, reopened, or closed without findings, that position is stated as the source states it, and the summary line for this entry reads: “Resigned in 2018 after Danske Bank disclosed the scale of Estonia-branch payments; indicted in 2019, acquitted in 2022.”

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