Danish court fines Nordea $23 million over insufficient money laundering checks

COPENHAGEN, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A Copenhagen court said on Monday it has fined Nordea 155 million Danish crowns ($23.14 million) in a criminal case involving failure to comply with Denmark's anti-money laundering controls between 2012 and 2015.

The fine was far less than the 6.6 billion crowns sought by the prosecution.

• The court said it had found Nordea partially guilty on two out of seven counts while dismissing the rest

• Denmark's Special Crime Unit (NSK) in 2024 said Nordea had failed to sufficiently investigate Russian customers and disregarded warnings about Copenhagen currency exchange offices

• "The fine was determined on the basis of the court’s specific assessment of the nature, seriousness and extent of the infringements," the court said on Monday

• Nordea has denied any wrongdoing and said in a statement it would review the verdict before deciding whether to appeal

($1 = 6.6975 Danish crowns)

(Reporting by Louise Rasmussen, editing by Terje Solsvik)