The city’s regional court formally opened proceedings last week. The hearingwill begin in July.

"The chamber considers that thesix defendants jointly committed a breach oftrust,"said a court spokeswoman.

Nonnenmacher and former executive Jochen Friedrich are alsoaccused of accounting fraud.

The charges relate to thebank’s first quarter report in 2008, in which it posted a surplus of EUR 81m ($106.15m),but had allegedly made a EUR 31m loss.

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