A group of 64 institutional investors filed a new lawsuit against Danske Bank, accusing the firm of money laundering and a subsequent cover-up by senior leadership, said Olav A. Haazen, director at law firm Grant & Eisenhofer, which is representing the plaintiffs, in a phone interview. The suit follows an initial set of lawsuits brought on behalf of Asian, Australian, European and North American pension funds on March 14 as a result of internal and external investigations, which found that Danske Bank's senior management knew about a multiyear Russian money laundering scheme. The case, filed Oct. 18 in Copenhagen City Court, brings the number of investors to 232 and the size of damages sought by investors to $800 million from $475 million, resulting from "economic losses" suffered, Mr. Haazen said. "The case is a new lawsuit filed, and it is expected to be consolidated," Mr. Haazen said. "We are also expecting a third wave of investors, which would like to be part of the case," he added. Mr.