News Summary: Deutsche Bank execs in tax probe

Published December 12, 2012 7:53pm ET



EXECS EYED: Deutsche Bank says its co-Chief Executive Juergen Fitschen and Chief Finance Officer Stefan Krause are under investigation as part of a tax evasion probe linked to the bank’s emissions trading business.

ALLEGED TAX FRAUD: The bank says the investigation began in the spring of 2010 and focuses on “a limited number of individuals” under suspicion of fraud connected with the value-added tax in the trading of carbon emission certificates.

FIXED TOO LATE?: The bank says any errors in the declaration were corrected later in a timely way. Prosecutors say the changes were made too late.