Deal by WestLB Attracts Interest of Prosecutors
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The fifth largest bank in Germany, WestLB AG, is under investigation by Dusseldorf prosecutors for possible criminal practices. WestLB is being investigated for its role in a 1999 securitization deal in the United Kingdom, which involved financing the acquisition of television company Box Clever.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2003
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CEO of Deutsche Bank faces a fresh inquiry
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Josef Ackermann, the chief executive of Deutsche Bank AG, is facing another criminal probe by German state prosecutors over an insurance unit sale in 2002. Ackermann will face trial for the part he played in a German corporate takeover.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2003
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Germany begins criminal probe of Rolf Breuer
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The former chief executive of Deutsche Bank AG, Rolf Breuer, is the subject of a German investigation. Breuer has been accused of slander by Leo Kirch, the former German media executive.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2003
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