Deutsche Bank has filed a motion to dismiss a former trader’s $30 million wrongful prosecution lawsuit against them, claiming plaintiff Gavin Black has failed to provide evidence the German bank initiated his prosecution.

Black, a former Deutsche Bank trader, sued the financial institution and others in June, alleging the bank scapegoated him and fellow former trader Matthew Connelly. Both men were convicted of wire fraud in 2018, with federal prosecutors claiming they rigged the bank’s Libor submission.