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Thursday, 13 January, 2022

Wirecard AG
German prosecutors file first charges in Wirecard fraud
Authorities last month charged business associate of former payments group executive Jan Marsalek
Monday, 22 November, 2021

Globo PLC
FCA launches UK High Court action against former Globo executives
Mobile technology group collapsed in 2015 after accusations of accounting fraud
Wednesday, 19 May, 2021

FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
‘They tried to destroy me’: Wirecard’s reluctant whistleblower tells his story
Pav Gill, who exposed one of Europe’s biggest corporate frauds, says doing the right thing ‘always has a cost’
Monday, 19 October, 2020

Wirecard AG
KPMG was engaged as auditor to group used in suspicious Wirecard deals
Accountancy firm had second thoughts about working with Mauritian-based fund
Friday, 2 October, 2020

News in-depthWirecard AG
How EY missed the chance to stop Wirecard’s fraud
Auditors continued to sign off payment group’s accounts even after a whistleblower’s tip
Wednesday, 30 September, 2020

Wirecard AG
Singapore shuts down Wirecard’s payment operations
Move may prove disruptive as many businesses in the city state use its services
Wednesday, 23 September, 2020

News in-depthWirecard AG
Wirecard’s deceit went beyond its fraudulent Asian operations
Report from court-appointed administrator reveals the rest of the business was chaotic and unprofitable
Thursday, 3 September, 2020

FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
Wirecard and me: Dan McCrum on exposing a criminal enterprise
Intimidation, surveillance and conspiracy theories: inside the FT’s five-year investigation of a billion-dollar fraud
Sunday, 9 August, 2020

Wirecard AG
Singapore charges Wirecard agent with falsification of accounts
Local businessman accused of playing role of trustee for fake bank accounts linked to German payments group
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Friday, 7 August, 2020

FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
Prosecutors suspect Wirecard was looted before collapse
Payments provider ramped up unsecured loans to opaque business partners in Asia to $1bn earlier this year
Wednesday, 5 August, 2020

FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
Wirecard business partner reported dead in Philippines
Christopher Bauer was being investigated over the collapse of the German payments group
Monday, 3 August, 2020

FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
Wirecard processed payments for mafia-linked casino
Malta-based gaming company CenturionBet was used by the ’Ndrangheta crime organisation to launder money
Saturday, 1 August, 2020

Wirecard AG
SoftBank and Wirecard both paid German middleman to broker $1.1bn deal
Bitcoin and psychedelic drug enthusiast Christian Angermayer collected €13m fee
Wednesday, 15 July, 2020

Wirecard AG
Wirecard fraud suit over India deal dismissed by High Court
Judge says involvement of ‘reputable lawyers’ meant a conspiracy was unlikely
Wednesday, 15 July, 2020

FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
Wirecard made this short seller right but not rich
Leo Perry of Ennismore Fund Management long believed that payments group was a fraud
Thursday, 9 July, 2020

Wirecard AG
Police search Wirecard’s Dublin office
The Garda act after a request for assistance from German authorities
Thursday, 9 July, 2020

Wirecard AG
Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek touted Russian nerve gas documents
Vanished chief operating officer of fraud-hit payments group hinted at secret service links
Monday, 6 July, 2020

Wirecard AG
Wirecard executive arrested in Munich on suspicion of fraud
Oliver Bellenhaus ran unit at heart of corporate scandal from Burj Khalifa apartment in Dubai
Friday, 3 July, 2020

ExplainerExplainer8 min
Wirecard and the missing €1.9bn: my story (German subtitles)
German subtitled version. Dan McCrum explains the twists and turns behind the massive fraud
Friday, 3 July, 2020

Wirecard AG
Philippines says vanished Wirecard number two did not enter country
Immigration records on Jan Marsalek were falsified, according to justice secretary
Friday, 3 July, 2020

Media
Further reading
Dan McCrum; Nathan Tankus; James Jamerson; and much more.
Tuesday, 30 June, 2020

Wirecard AG
Wirecard’s real business relied on small number of customers
FT exclusive: An internal spreadsheet shows how only 100 clients generated majority of revenues in 2017
Friday, 26 June, 2020

Fintech
Wirecard: the cryptocard consequences
For those who thought compliant Visa/Mastercard-networked cryptocards were too good to be true . . .turns out they probably were.
Friday, 26 June, 2020

FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
Markus Braun, Wirecard chief goes from billionaire to bail
Arrest on Monday came days before German payments processor’s collapse on Thursday
Friday, 26 June, 2020

ExplainerCompanies8 min
Wirecard and the missing €1.9bn: my story
'At times I thought I was going crazy.' Dan McCrum explains the twists and turns behind the massive fraud