Unglaublich: auch die Deutsche Bank überwies noch Geld an Lehman…
Verfasst von hw71 am 12.November 2008
Tja, nicht nur die KfW kann an bereits pleite gegangene Firmen Gelder überweisen – das kann die Deutsche Bank auch. Und sogar noch viel “besser”: lag im Falle der KfW-Überweisung nur ein Tag, der zwischen Insolvenz-Meldung und Transfer lag, sind es im Falle der Deutschen Bank immerhin 11 Tage!
Angeblich ging die Überweisung i.H.v. 72,5 Millionen Dollar “aus versehen” an die falsche Adresse (Lehman). Dumm halt, dass ausgerechnet dieser Adressat in der zwischenzeit insolvent war.
Nun hat die Deutsche Bank Lehman verklagt – wegen “ungerechtfertigter Bereicherung”… Unglaublich!
Gefunden bei bloomberg.com:
Lehman Sued by Deutsche Bank Over Mistaken Fund Transfer
By Edvard Pettersson
Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) — Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was sued by Deutsche Bank AG, which said it mistakenly transferred $72.5 million to a Lehman account at Bank of America Corp. and that it wanted the money returned.
Lehman “was never the intended recipient of the sum transferred and never had any interest in the contract between Deutsche Bank and its counterparty,” the German bank said in a complaint filed yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. Deutsche Bank accuses Lehman of unjust enrichment and wants the court to order Lehman to return the money.
On Sept. 26, after Lehman’s bankruptcy filing, a fund that wasn’t identified in the complaint asked Deutsche Bank to transfer the money that was payable under an agreement, according to the complaint. Because of incorrect wire instructions, the money ended up in a Lehman account at Bank of America rather than at the account of the prime broker, according to Deutsche Bank.
Lehman, based in New York, on Sept. 15 filed the biggest bankruptcy in history, listing $613 billion in debt.
Jonathan Doorley, a Lehman spokesman, declined to comment on the complaint.
The case is In re Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., 08-13555, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
To contact the reporter on this story: Edvard Pettersson in Los Angeles at epettersson@bloomberg.net.
Last Updated: November 12, 2008 00:01 EST
