Deutsche Bank Employees Are Said to Seek Jail Release

The four Deutsche Bank AG employees in jail while being investigated for obstruction of justice and money laundering allegations have asked a German court to release them, two people familiar with the situation said.

The employees include the head of litigation at the bank and another member of the legal department who are being held over instructions given to information technology staff following a 2010 probe into tax issues, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because they aren’t authorized to speak about the matter.