The Swedish Economic Crime Authority on Tuesday announced charges against Birgitte Bonnesen, Swedbank’s former chief executive officer, for fraud and market manipulation.

Bonnesen in 2018 and 2019 repeatedly spread misleading information that Swedbank did not have problems with its anti-money laundering (AML) processes in Estonia, said Thomas Langrot, chief prosecutor and preliminary investigation leader at the Swedish Economic Crime Authority, in a translated press release.

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