
According to admissions and court documents, between 2009 and 2016, Deutsche Bank, acting through its employees and agents, including managing directors and high-level regional executives, knowingly and willfully conspired to maintain false books, records, and accounts to conceal, among other things, payments to a business development consultant who was acting as a proxy for a foreign official. Deutsche Bank agreed to pay more than $85 million in criminal penalties plus disgorgement and entered into a deferred prosecution agreement. For more info visit https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/deutsche-bank-agrees-pay-over-130-million-resolve-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-and-fraud