A 61-year-old logger from Randers has been sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years, for involvement in a money laundering case worth approximately DKK 40 million. In 2020, he agreed to let an accountant set up and run a company in his name. The accountant, Bjarne Nørgaard Nielsen, previously convicted of laundering DKK 145 million, used the logger's business account to channel drug-related funds abroad or withdraw them in cash over 16 months.
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According to the logger, he "was naive" and lacked financial knowledge, claiming he had no idea the account was being misused. He said he would never have agreed to the arrangement if he had known the money was linked to drug crime.
The court acknowledged his limited involvement, lack of prior offences, and ignorance of the crime, resulting in a partially suspended sentence. He was also banned from managing companies without personal liability for two years.
Source: www.wood-supply.dk