Probe Unable to ID Bank Account Owner in Endeavour CEO Case: FT

Forensic accountants were unable to identify the owner of a bank account to which Sébastien de Montessus, the former CEO of Endeavour Mining, instructed a $5.9m payment, the FT reports citing two people familiar with the matter.

• EY and Linklaters undertook the forensic accounting investigation to identify the holder of the bank account, the FT says
• Endeavour said Thursday that the payment was connected to one of its divestitures in recent years, which a BMO research note said was the Agbaou mine in Ivory Coast, sold in 2021: FT
• Norton Rose Fulbright was the law firm that advised Endeavour ...