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The Chancellor of Justice: The Supreme Court should not review the Bonnesen verdict

The National Prosecutor does not believe that the Supreme Court should review the verdict against the former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen.

» Published: 21 January 2025

The Chancellor of Justice: The Supreme Court should not review the Bonnesen verdict
Photo: Stina Stjernkvist/SvD/TT

The Chancellor of Justice notes that "the Court of Appeal's judgment means that the boundary for the punishable area has been set very narrowly and that it is hardly possible to impose stricter requirements on the assessment of what misleading information a listed company's CEO can spread without being punished."

The Chancellor of Justice also does not believe that there is reason to obtain a precedent in the matter, i.e. a guiding judgment that will have significance for how other courts will judge similar cases.

According to the Chancellor of Justice, a review of the prosecution would only "lead to a statement about the circumstances of this particular case."

Bonnesen was fired from Swedbank after SVT's "Mission: Investigate" exposed in 2019 that the major bank may have been used for money laundering in the Baltic region. In 2022, she was prosecuted for spreading misleading information about Swedbank's measures against money laundering in Estonia.

Bonnesen was acquitted in the district court but was sentenced in the autumn by the Court of Appeal to one year and three months in prison for gross fraud.

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