Banken: Ex-Manager der Deutschen Bank gesteht Diebstahl von Kundengeldern
Ein früherer Teamleiter für wohlhabende Kunden hatte mehr als 600.000 Euro von reichen Kunden des Instituts abgezweigt – an den Kontrollen der Bank vorbei.
Frankfurt - A former Deutsche Bank manager has admitted to diverting over €600,000 from the accounts of wealthy clients between 2023 and 2025. He cited financial difficulties as the reason for his actions. However, most of the money was lost through stock market speculation, according to the former manager's confession. The bank discovered the transactions during anti-money laundering checks in 2025, compensating the affected customers and separating themselves from the offending employee.
During the hearing before the Frankfurt District Court, it became clear that the former team leader for high-net-worth clients also benefited from the bank's lax handling of internal controls. Due to the size of the transferred amounts – some reaching five-figure sums – the transactions could only be released with the help of other bank employees.
The defendant falsified the customers' emails, which is not sufficient for a release, as he stated. "You cannot treat a colleague's instruction as an email. That was against the guidelines," the accused added. His colleagues should have called the customers at the very least to confirm the transactions.
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