BERLIN, May 21 – RIA Novosti, Angelina Timofeev. Deutsche Bank a few weeks ago, had information about possible money laundering through its Moscow office and conducts an internal investigation into the incident, told RIA Novosti on Thursday, official representative of the financial institution Anke Feil (Veil).
Previously, the online version of the German business magazine Manager Magazin reported that Deutsche Bank notified the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of Germany (BaFin) that through its Moscow office could be carried out money-laundering operations.
According to representatives of the press service of Deutsche Bank, information on possible violations became known a few weeks ago, after the publication of materials in the agency Bloomberg. “This information is not the first time was published in Manager Magazin, and Bloomberg, it appeared a few weeks ago”, – said Feil. “We sent some staff offices in Moscow on vacation until until an internal investigation is completed,” – she added.
“We are committed to upholding the highest standards in the fight against suspicious activity in the area of remittances. If evidence is found that the offense will be taken strict measures. More I can not tell you anything because there is an internal investigation, and I can not comment on it “- said the representative of the bank.
According to Manager Magazin, it talking about an amount equivalent to at least hundreds of millions of euro, first took place OTC (over the counter) derivatives transaction, which after a few seconds have been sold in the London OTC market. As a result of rubles have been translated into sterling. No other motive than money laundering, for example, attempts to use price differences in the two markets for arbitration, according to the publication, was not traced.
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