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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.
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.
Jun 26, 2020 · On June 5, prosecutors raided Wirecard headquarters and opened proceedings against management on suspicion of releasing misleading information that may have affected Wirecard’s share price.
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...
Aug 25, 2020 · On June 25, the group collapsed into insolvency after it was exposed as one of Germany’s biggest postwar accounting frauds. Prosecutors in Munich suspect that €3.2bn in debt raised since 2015 has...
Oct 15, 2019 · The FT today published the latest piece in its investigation into Wirecard, which raised the prospect of a concerted effort to fake substantial sales and profits at the German fintech, a member...
Dec 8, 2022 · The fraud trial of the former head of Wirecard, the German electronic payments company that went from being the darling of Europe’s start-up scene to a spectacular fall that led to changes in...
