WASHINGTON, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Department of Justice opened an investigation into whether Deutsche Bank, Germany\u2019s embattled biggest lender, violated foreign financial laws in its work for 1MDB, American media reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The department is looking into whether Deutsche Bank broke foreign
corruption or anti-money laundering laws through its work for 1MDB, which included helping the Malaysian fund raise $1.2 billion in 2014 as concern\u2019s about its management and financials had begun to circulate, The Wall Street Journal reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Billions of dollars were looted from the investment vehicle between 2009
and 2014 and spent on everything from yachts to expensive artwork, in a fraud allegedly involving disgraced Malaysian ex-premier Najib Razak and his cronies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investigation into Deutsche Bank has been helped by former Goldman
Sachs banker Tim Leissner, who pled guilty to his involvement in the 1MDB
scandal, the Journal reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prosecutors are looking into the role of Leissner\u2019s former colleague Tan
Boon-Kee, who also worked as Deutsche Bank\u2019s Asia Pacific head of banking for financial institution clients, the newspaper said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tan left Deutsche Bank last year after it was discovered she had been in
contact with Jho Low, the Malaysian financier who allegedly played a central role in the fraud, according to the Journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deutsche Bank has \u201ccooperated fully\u201d with the investigation, it said in a
statement, and claims it was misled by 1MDB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c1MDB made \u2018material misrepresentations and omissions to Deutsche Bank
officials\u2019 in connection with 1MDB\u2019s transactions with the bank,\u201d the
statement said, citing Justice Department documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deutsche Bank is already in trouble in the US, after top Senate Democrats
in June asked the Federal Reserve to scrutinize the lender over allegedly
suspicious transactions tied to President Donald Trump and his son-in-law
Jared Kushner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Democratic lawmakers suspected the bank staff of deliberately suppressing
warnings of suspicious activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bank also announced Sunday it would make 18,000 job cuts by 2022 \u2014
about one-fifth of its workforce \u2014 as it seeks to escape years of turmoil
and return to sustained profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new round of job cuts comes on top of some 6,000 already carried out
over the past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The restructuring could be a last chance for Deutsche Bank after much-
hyped merger talks with Frankfurt rival Commerzbank fell through earlier this year. — NNN-AGENCIES
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