Didier Reynders suspected of money laundering: the BNB investigates the management of a bank account by ING

The National Bank of Belgium (BNB) has opened an inspection against ING Belgium regarding the bank’s management around Didier Reynders’ current account, revealed Thursday The evening. The Belgian bank would have been aware as early as 2018 of the regular cash deposits of the former European commissioner, suspected of money laundering, an accusation which he refutes.

According to Le Soir, ING asked Didier Reynders questions in 2018 regarding regular and large cash deposits in his current account. These cash deposits reportedly stopped in mid-2018 and the former minister then began spending significant sums of cash to purchase National Lottery games.