Teapot Dome scandal Teapot Dome scandal The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 19211923. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, and two locations in California, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. The leases were the subject of a sensational investigation by Senator Thomas J. Walsh. Convicted of accepting bribes from the oil companies, Fall became the first presidential cabinet member to go to prison; no one was convicted of paying the bribes. Before the Watergate scandal,
Danske Bank money laundering scandal Danske Bank money laundering scandal The Danske Bank money laundering scandal refers to the ongoing investigations and media attention on the Copenhagen-based Danske Bank's involvement in suspicious transactions by non-resident accounts between 2007–2015. It has been claimed to possibly be the largest money laundering scandal in the world. The total amount of suspicious funds has been quoted by sources as having been either $30 billion US dollars, $130 billion US dollars or up to $230 billion US dollars. The investigation is currently ongoing. Danske Bank is the largest bank in Denmark. The bank's local branch in Estonia, which was under