Danske Bank Executive Ensnared in Money-Laundering Scandal Found Dead

  • Estonia branch Rehe oversaw until 2015 is at heart of affair
  • Executive wasn’t a suspect in tainted-money investigation
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The former head of Danske Bank in Estonia, the unit at the center of a $220 billion money-laundering scandal, was found dead after disappearing from his home on Monday.

Aivar Rehe, who was chief executive officer of the branch until he left in 2015, had been reported missing from his home in greater Tallinn. Police had warned that the 56-year-old was a suicide risk.