Deutsche Bank Now Has -- Count ’Em -- Five Outside Monitors

By Greg Farrell, Bloomberg News

Banks that settle government investigations often receive an outside monitor to ensure that they make good on their promises to reform.

Deutsche Bank AG now has five.

To resolve the Justice Department’s investigation over its mortgage-backed securities business, the bankagreedTuesday to a $7.2 billion penalty, more than half of which will provide relief to consumers hurt by its conduct. To check its remediation work, the bank agreed to hire an independent monitor, Michael Bresnick, a former prosecutor.

The monitoring job brings Bresnick full circle. He was a Justice Department lawyer who helped start the ...