Deutsche Bank whistleblower found dead

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Deutsche Bank whistleblower linked to Trump probe found dead (Salon)

Valentin Broeksmit supplied investigators with hundreds of documents about Trump's relationship with Deutsche Bank.

"Val was a longtime source of mine and the main character in my book," Enrich tweeted. Following his father's death, Broeksmit acquired access to father's email account, which contained hundreds of confidential bank documents, according to The New York Times. Broeksmit reportedly supplied these documents to federal investigators as well as journalists who sought to further understand the connections between Trump and Deutsche Bank, one of the former president's biggest lenders. Broeksmit "supplied me and other journalists with Deutsche Bank documents that highlighted the bank's deep Russia connections," Stedman said.

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Reputed Federal Informant, Whistleblower Found Dead in L.A. After ... (Today.com)

A reputed federal informant and whistleblower who went missing after he was reported to have turned over a trove of secret files about Deutsche Bank was ...

Records of the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner do not list a cause of death. David Enrich, the Times reporter who wrote the profile, said Tuesday on Twitter that Broeksmit was a central character in his 2020 book, “Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction,” and that news of his death was “terrible.” According to a 2019 profile in The New York Times, Broeksmit was a musician and the son of a Deutsche Bank executive who died by suicide in 2014.

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Deutsche Bank whistleblower Valentin Broeksmit found dead in LA (Business Insider)

FBI agents asked Valentin Broeksmit for his trove of Deutsche Bank documents while investigating ties to the bank, per The New York Times.

We had a complicated relationship, but this is just devastating to hear." Broeksmit's father, William, died by suicide in 2014, leaving several notes, Reuters reported at the time. Perez said there is no evidence of foul play, the paper reported.

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Missing informant who gave FBI details on Trump's dealings with ... (The Independent)

A whistleblower who worked with federal authorities investigating ties between Donald Trump and the Deutsche Bank was found dead on Monday.

He added in another tweet that “I hadn’t talked to Val since January and before that many more months. We had a complicated relationship, but this is just devastating to hear.” He wrote: “My friend Val Broeksmit was found dead today. To see his life end so short is incredibly depressing.” He supplied me and other journalists with Deutsche Bank documents that highlighted the bank’s deep Russia connections. He was 46.

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Who was Valentin Broeksmit and what was his cause of death ... (Get India News)

Who was Valentin Broeksmit and what was his cause of death? Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Found Dead In Los Angeles: Valentin Broeksmit was found dead on ...

At the time he was reported dead he was 45 years of age. You are advised to stick with this article and must take a look at the following sections of this article. To get the information about his age and other personal information look at the following paragraph of this article.

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Reputed Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Val Broeksmit Found Dead ... (NBC Southern California)

Deutsche Bank whistleblower Valentin Broeksmit was found dead in LA on the Woodrow Wilson High School campus. Who was he and what was the FBI investigating?

In a 2019 profile, the New York Times reported that Broeksmit is the son of a Deutsche Bank executive who died by suicide in 2014. Former President Trump's longtime bank revealed in August 2019 that it has tax records Congress sought in an investigation into his finances. Authorities do not suspect foul play, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a LAPD captain.

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Reputed Deutsche Bank whistleblower and federal informant found ... (Boing Boing)

Los Angeles police don't suspect foul play in the death of a reputed whistleblower who "turned over a trove of secret files about Deutsche Bank" to U.S. ...

Federal and state authorities were swarming around Deutsche Bank. Some of the scrutiny centered on the lender's two-decaderelationship with President Trumpand his family. Broeksmith was the subject of a lengthy New York Times profile in October 2019. Deutsche Bank has been of particular interest to Federal and state investigators because of its less-than-savory connections to the Trumps and other crime families.

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Reputed Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Val Broeksmit Found Dead ... (NBC Southern California)

Deutsche Bank whistleblower Valentin Broeksmit was found dead in LA on the Woodrow Wilson High School campus. Who was he and what was the FBI investigating?

In a 2019 profile, the New York Times reported that Broeksmit is the son of a Deutsche Bank executive who died by suicide in 2014. Former President Trump's longtime bank revealed in August 2019 that it has tax records Congress sought in an investigation into his finances. Authorities do not suspect foul play, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a LAPD captain.

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Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Found Dead At Los Angeles High ... (Patch.com)

Valentin Broeksmit, 45, disappeared a year ago and was last seen driving at Griffith Park. He was found dead Monday morning in Los Angeles.

At the time, he was driving a 2020 red Mini Cooper. Authorities later found the vehicle, but never found Broeksmit, concerning his family. The records stemmed from an investigation into the bank and partly its dealings with former President Donald Trump. LOS ANGELES — A reported federal informant and whistleblower who went missing a year ago was found dead this week at a high school in Los Angeles.

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Reputed Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Found Dead on LA School ... (NBC 6 South Florida)

Deutsche Bank whistleblower Valentin Broeksmit was found dead in LA on the Woodrow Wilson High School campus. Who was he and what was the FBI investigating?

In a 2019 profile, the New York Times reported that Broeksmit is the son of a Deutsche Bank executive who died by suicide in 2014. Former President Trump's longtime bank revealed in August 2019 that it has tax records Congress sought in an investigation into his finances. Authorities do not suspect foul play, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a LAPD captain. The Times reporter who wrote the profile said Tuesday on Twitter that Broeksmit was a key character in his 2020 book, "Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction." Broeksmit was allowed to publicly identify himself as a cooperating witness in a federal criminal investigation after meeting with the FBI in Los Angeles, the Times reported. After his father's death, Broeksmit gained access to his father's email account and files related to the bank, the Times reported.

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Reputed federal informant, whistleblower found dead in L.A. after ... (NBC News)

A reputed federal informant and whistleblower who went missing after he was reported to have turned over a trove of secret files about Deutsche Bank was ...

The office deferred a preliminary finding to allow for additional examination and toxicology testing, according to records released Thursday. According to a 2019 profile in The New York Times, Broeksmit was a musician and the son of a Deutsche Bank executive who died by suicide in 2014. A reputed federal informant and whistleblower who went missing after he was reported to have turned over a trove of secret files about Deutsche Bank was found dead at a Los Angeles school this week, a police official said Wednesday.

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Deutsche Bank Deaths—Spate of Suicides Involving Employees in ... (Newsweek)

The father of Valentin Broeksmit, the whistleblower who was found dead in California, is among a number of Deutsche Bank-linked suicide deaths since 2014.

"Charlie was a beloved and respected colleague who we will miss," said Deutsche Bank in a statement. Bowers was not with Deutsche Bank at the time of his death, having left in 2015. At the time of his death, Gambino was closely involved in negotiating legal issues for Deutsche Bank related to the alleged manipulation of the London interbank offered rate, or Libor. "I would love to be their special informer." The senior Deutsche Bank regulatory lawyer died from suicide at his home in the Brooklyn area of New York in October 2014. Deutsche said in a statement at the time that Bill Broeksmit was "not under suspicion of wrongdoing in any matter."

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