SEASON 1 · EPISODE 4 · 20:30
Episode 4 - The Billion Dollar Hold
Ray Blake & Graham Barrow · 27 January 2019
Episode notes
In this episode we look at a specific set of transactions within Danske Estonia - those emanating from accounts which are also located there. We do so because, of all the transactions that the bank handled, these are the ones it ought to have known most about as it would have (or should have) held "Know Your Customer" information on them. As we will see, it didn't appear to have helped them spot highly suspicious connections between supposedly unconnected accounts.
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