FRAUD CAUSES OF ACTION AGAINST DEUTSCHE BANK STEMMING FROM THE COLLAPSE OF MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES DISMISSED AS UNTIMELY, ACCUSATIONS AGAINST DEUTSCHE BANK WERE WELL-KNOWN MORE THAN TWO YEARS BEFORE THE SUIT WAS BROUGHT.
In another lawsuit stemming from the collapse of mortgage-backed securities, the First Department determined fraud causes of action by Aozora Bank against Deutsche Bank were properly dismissed as untimely. Investigations, including a Congressional investigation, into the relevant actions of Deutsche Bank were well-known more than two years before the suit was brought:
The parties do not dispute that plaintiff's fraud causes of action were not timely under New York's six-year limitations period and, to be timely, must have been commenced within two years from the time plaintiff discovered the fraud, or with reasonable diligence could have discovered it (CPLR 213[8]). * * *
… [O]ne of the most significant sources of public information putting plaintiff on notice of its fraud claims is the Senate Report and its associated emails, which actually form the centerpiece of plaintiff's complaint. In fact, the Senate Report contains a 45-page section on Deutsche Bank entitled “Running the CDO Machine: Case Study of Deutsche Bank.” Taken with all the other information available in the public domain, the Senate Report is more than sufficient to have placed Aozora on inquiry notice of possible fraud by April 2011 at the latest … . Aozora Bank, Ltd. v Deutsche Bank Sec. Inc., 2016 NY Slip Op 02511, 1st Dept 3-31-16
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