# AI incidents at Deutsche Bank (U.S.)

Source: https://www.bankingnewsai.com/banks/deutsche-bank-us/ai-incidents
Last updated: Oct 21, 2026

## Has Deutsche Bank (U.S.) had a publicly reported AI incident?

Yes: 1 publicly reported AI incident on record since January 2022.

| Date | Institution | Incident | AI? | Role | Category | Severity | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (as trustee) | [D.C. Court of Appeals strikes Deutsche Bank National Trust brief citing four AI-invented cases](https://www.bankingnewsai.com/ai-incidents/deutsche-bank-us-2026-ai-hallucinated-brief-struck) | AI (stated) | Governance finding | Litigation | 2/5 | Court filing |

### D.C. Court of Appeals strikes Deutsche Bank National Trust brief citing four AI-invented cases

In September 2026 the District of Columbia Court of Appeals struck the appellate brief filed for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, acting as trustee in a judicial foreclosure appeal (No. 24-CV-1099), because it cited four cases that do not exist. According to the court's published order of 3 September 2026, a lawyer at the bank's outside law firm, McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, admitted she had used Google's generative AI search tool to find case authority and did not verify the citations. The court had issued a show-cause order on 22 June 2026, called the matter "a cautionary tale" and referred it to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. The AI was used by the bank's outside counsel, not by a Deutsche Bank system; no comment from Deutsche Bank has been reported.

https://www.bankingnewsai.com/ai-incidents/deutsche-bank-us-2026-ai-hallucinated-brief-struck

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