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Date: Fri Oct 09 2009 - 04:23:27 CDT

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By David Crawford
The Wall Street Journal
OCTOBER 9, 2009

BERLIN -- German prosecutors have opened a formal criminal investigation
into the Deutsche Bank AG spying affair but say their probe doesn't
target the bank's chairman, chief executive or other management-board
and supervisory-board officials.

Frankfurt prosecutors said they had found evidence that those carrying
out the activity, including former and current bank employees, may have
broken Germany's privacy laws, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office
said.

The "unauthorized processing of personal information, collected and
transferred in return for payment" may have breached Germany's data
protection laws, the prosecutor said in a statement.

The investigation is focused on the alleged illegal collection and sale
of information on a critical Deutsche Bank shareholder and the alleged
stealing of business secrets from a Munich law firm, the spokeswoman
said.

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