Danske Fights Back as Hush Money Claims Raise New Questions
- Bank says it has freed whistle-blower to publish NDA terms
- Bank’s former employee says Danske tried to silence him
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As the world had its first glimpse of the Danske Bank A/S whistle-blower, it was clear there was one thing that really got to him: the feeling that he couldn’t speak freely.
Howard Wilkinson, a 47-year-old Briton who ran Danske’s Baltic trading unit until 2014, told a room filled with Danish lawmakers and journalists that he was offered hush money by the bank that he says is at the center of a massive European money laundering scandal. His lawyer, Stephen Kohn, says Wilkinson still has to get permission from Danske every time he wants to speak about the case.