Russian Jailed as $3.5 Billion Danish Central Bank Scam Fails

A court in Denmark sentenced a Russian citizen to three years in prison and deportation for attempted gross fraud and forgery in a $3.5 billion scam attempt against the Danish central bank.

The 53-year-old man falsified documents and pretended to represent an investment company in order to trick the central bank into paying him money, police said in a statementon Wednesday. He was arrested last year after sending multiple emails and even showing up at the Copenhagen-based bank in person.

The public prosecutor called the case “unusual” and said the Danish central bank had quickly become suspicious of the ...