Media Alert: Danske Bank Whistleblower Featured on 60 Minutes This Sunday
Washington, D.C. May 17, 2019 – The premier U.S. investigative news show 60 Minutes will feature the captivating story of the Danske Bank money-laundering scandal and the man who exposed it, Howard Wilkinson. The program will air on CBS, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at 7/8c.
Wilkinson, a former employee at Danske Bank’s Estonia office, uncovered what some are calling the largest money-laundering scandal in world banking history, involving $234 billion. Wilkinson is represented by qui tam attorney Stephen M. Kohn.
The Danske Bank Scandal implicates some banks operating in the U.S., including Deutsche Bank which is reported to have received $150 billion of laundered money. U.S. authorities are reportedly investigating transactions that Deutsche Bank, Bank of America, Citibank, and JPMorgan Chase handled for the small Danske Bank branch in Estonia.
- Watch a preview of this program: How one man uncovered a money-laundering scheme involving $230 billion
- Learn more about the Danske Bank Scandal
