The prospect of an annual profit, the entry of a major shareholder - most recently there was rather positive news from Deutsche Bank. But now investors are back in alarm mode. Because there is a suspicion that the Deutsche Bank is involved in the money laundering scandal at Danske Bank.
The reaction on the stock market followed promptly: the stock price 
The largest German bank fell by six percent and temporarily reached a record low of 8.05 euros. At midday, the minus was still a good three percent.
An ex-employee of Danske Bank told a parliamentary committee in Copenhagen on Monday that up to 150 billion euros have been laundered through the US subsidiary of a major European bank. He did not name Deutsche Bank by name. The news agency Reuters reported, however, that the money house, along with the two major US banks JP Morgan and Bank of America in the sights of investigators.
Deutsche Bank ended business relations in 2015
Deutsche Bank announced that it had acted as the correspondent bank for Danske Bank in Estonia and had settled for these payments. "We ended the relationship in 2015 after suspicious activity was detected," the bank said. JP Morgan did not want to comment on the statements from Copenhagen. Bank of America was initially unreachable.
Danske Bank's ex-employee said before the parliamentary committee that his warnings about money laundering had been ignored and that he had even been offered hush money. Prosecutors in Denmark, Estonia and the United States investigate the money laundering scandal. An internal investigation by the Institute revealed that most of the 200 billion euros ($ 230 billion) in funds raised through the Estonian branch between 2007 and 2015 was suspect. The Danske Bank threatens a heavy fine. Deutsche Bank, which is already at the center of several legal disputes, could now face another lawsuit.