Frankfurt: Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, is embroiled in another spying scandal in the corporate sector that according to a financial source has led two managers to leave the company amid a probe by prosecutors.
The head of security for the bank and its head of
investor relations "have left the company," the source told
agency today.
State prosecutors are checking whether the evidence
warrants a formal investigation, but the person in charge is
on holiday and "he will only look into it once he gets back,"
a spokeswoman told agency.
Deutsche Bank declined to comment, saying it was waiting
for the results of an internal enquiry launched in May by an
independent company.
Corporate surveillance of employees and others touches a
sensitive nerve in Germany owing to practices suffered by the
population in the past.
A Deutsche Bank spokesman did confirm that prosecutors in
Frankfurt, where the bank is based, were checking information
provided by the regional public authority charged with the
protection of personal data.
That group has requested more information from Deutsche
Bank on two cases and said it had already passed some along to
judicial officials.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 00:03