Key legal question
Whether the banks committed actionable money laundering under Swiss law through their employees' handling of the funds
Extracted holding
The evidence did not show that the account managers acted with intent or eventual intent to launder criminal proceeds; at most, negligence was shown.
Extracted reasoning
For purely economic loss, illegality requires breach of a protective norm. Only Art. 305bis CP could qualify, but money laundering requires intent, including eventual intent. The cantonal court's finding that the managers did not accept the possibility of criminal origin was not arbitrary.