A reputed whistleblower who was reported to have turned over secret files about Deutsche Bank was identified as the man found dead this week on the campus of a Los Angeles high school, a police official told NBC News.
The body of Valentin Broeksmit, 46, was discovered at about 7 a.m. Monday at Woodrow Wilson High School in El Sereno, located northeast of downtown Los Angeles, LAPD Sgt. Rudy Perez said in an email to NBC News. Sgt. Perez said that he appeared to be homeless.
The coroner has not indicated a cause of death. Authorities do not suspect foul play, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a LAPD captain. A final medical examiner's report is not expected until summer
Broeksmit disappeared a year ago after he was reported to have turned over secret files about Deutsche Bank to authorities.
The LAPD issued an April 19, 2021, statement asking for help in finding Broeksmit. He was last seen April 6, 2021, in Los Angeles' Griffith Park on Riverside Drive. His 2020 red Mini Cooper was recovered, but Broeksmit was not found, police said.
In a 2019 profile, the New York Times reported that Broeksmit is the son of a Deutsche Bank executive who died by suicide in 2014. After his father's death, Broeksmit gained access to his father's email account and files related to the bank, the Times reported.
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