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The Wirecard scandal (German: Wirecard-Skandal) was a series of corrupt business practices and fraudulent financial reporting that led to the insolvency of Wirecard, a payment processor and financial services provider, headquartered in Munich, Germany. The company was part of the DAX index.
Mar 16, 2021 · FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Payments firm Wirecard collapsed last year in Germany's biggest post-war fraud scandal. A parliamentary inquiry is in progress, with German Chancellor Angela...
Jun 26, 2020 · Wirecard provided the invisible financial plumbing that, with a wave of plastic over a card reader almost anywhere in the world, made transactions happen. Hedge funds and global investors...
Feb 27, 2023 · The tech company Wirecard was embraced by the German élite. But, Ben Taub writes, a reporter discovered that behind the façade of innovation were lies and links to Russian intelligence.
- Ben Taub
Dec 8, 2022 · The former head of disgraced German payment company Wirecard has gone on trial accused of involvement in the biggest fraud case in German history. Markus Braun, 53, presided over its meteoric...
Jun 25, 2020 · Wirecard filed for insolvency after the once high-flying payments group revealed a multiyear fraud that led to the arrest of its former chief executive.
Former COO Jan Marsalek disappeared, after being fired from his position and board seat, and remains a fugitive wanted by the German police. He has been on Europe's Most Wanted list since 2020. [9]
