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ymetca

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Thu Feb 16, 2017, 03:32 PM Feb 2017

Deutsche Bank Examined Donald Trump's Account for Russia Links

In November 2008 the German bank took the unusual step of suing Trump after he failed to repay $40m of a $640m real estate loan. Trump countersued. The tycoon argued that Deutsche had contributed to the global recession, which had depressed property prices. He demanded $3bn in damages.

Deutsche’s astonished lawyers described Trump’s lawsuit as frivolous and demanded immediate payment. The two parties settled in 2010.


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In January a US regulator, the New York Department of Financial Services, fined Deutsche Bank $425m for laundering around $10bn of Russian money. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority imposed a £163m fine, its largest ever.

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http://www.alternet.org/print/right-wing/deutsche-bank-examined-donald-trumps-account-russia-links
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Deutsche Bank Examined Donald Trump's Account for Russia Links (Original Post) ymetca Feb 2017 OP
Interesting. Missing many links between the two facts, but very interesting. Squinch Feb 2017 #1
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