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    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      Markus Braun told Wirecard’s top lawyer that compliance was ‘crap’, court hears

      Collapsed German payments company retrospectively created supervisory board minutes, says group’s former legal chief

    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      Inside BusinessOlaf Storbeck
      The paradoxical lessons from EY’s punishment over Wirecard

      Regulatory reform of the audit industry is still unfinished business

    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Wirecard boss threatened ‘legal steps’ against KPMG over special audit

      Partner at Big Four firm says Markus Braun invited him skiing as he sought to water down probe

    • Monday, 3 April, 2023
      EY
      EY banned by German audit watchdog over Wirecard work

      Big Four firm cannot take on listed companies as new clients for two years

    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Wirecard suit against Indian group can proceed, High Court rules

      Two former shareholders in a business sold to the payments company allege they were defrauded

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      News in-depth
      ‘Do you understand what I say?’ Markus Braun tests patience of Wirecard judge

      Former chief executive has been unwavering that he has no responsibility for one of Europe’s biggest corporate frauds

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      News in-depthJan Marsalek
      Wirecard fraudster Jan Marsalek’s grandfather was suspected Russian spy

      Austrian authorities linked anti-Nazi fighter Hans Marsalek with kidnap and torture of four people in postwar era

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Indian group fights Wirecard fraud claim in London court

      Hearing comes in litigation over a series of transactions allegedly arranged by co-founder of IIFL Wealth

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      News in-depth
      The high-living entrepreneur brought low by his links to Wirecard

      Prosecutors allege James Henry O’Sullivan secretly controlled companies that were used to inflate profits and siphon off cash

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Kroll and Jones Day accused of conspiracy to protect Wirecard

      Short seller claims ‘campaign of harassment’ aimed to deter him from reporting on now collapsed German group

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      Wirecard’s Braun voices ‘deepest regret’ but denies knowledge of fraud

      Former chief of collapsed German payment group rejects ‘all charges’ at Munich trial

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      News in-depth
      Ex-Wirecard chief Markus Braun’s credibility in the dock

      Former head of defunct German payments company accused of making incorrect and misleading statements to investors

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      EY came close to uncovering Wirecard fraud in 2016

      Collapsed payments firm’s trustee accidentally told the auditor that he did not hold any money on its behalf

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      EY
      EY auditors escape potential Wirecard sanctions after leaving profession

      Watchdog closes cases against four individuals who handed back licences

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      EY could have stopped Wirecard fraud earlier, says judge

      Big Four firm should have acted after learning about fake software sales, court hears

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      Wirecard CEO ‘demanded retrospective changes to data’

      Markus Braun is implicated by former lieutenant in court case examining collapse of payments firm

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      A philosophical dilemma for Wirecard’s fast-living chief witness

      Former manager must convince the court that businesses he ran in Asia did not exist

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Chief Wirecard witness denies deleting data before talking to police

      Oliver Bellenhaus accuses lawyer for ex-CEO Markus Braun of distorting evidence to undermine his credibility

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Wirecard was ‘sloppily done fraud’, court hears

      Oliver Bellenhaus says the deception was driven by the former CEO’s desire to make the company look successful

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
      Lawyer of former Wirecard chief Braun seeks suspension of trial

      Prosecutors accused of ignoring crucial evidence and relying on witness who told ‘pack of lies’

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Wirecard bosses accused of ‘criminal racket’ as trial begins

      Collapsed payments group’s former chief Markus Braun could face jail term of up to 15 years if convicted of all charges

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      A bombproof courtroom and a CEO in the dock: what to expect from the Wirecard trial

      A panel of Munich judges will from Thursday begin dissecting one of the biggest frauds in German history

    • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
      German regulator postpones verdict on flaws in EY’s Wirecard audits

      Final decision on potential misconduct will be crucial for Big Four firm’s future in Germany

    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
      Wirecard CEO to face fraud trial by end of year

      Munich court accepted fraud charges against Markus Braun

    • Thursday, 15 September, 2022
      ReviewFilm
      Skandal: Bringing Down Wirecard — FT plays lead role in bizarre but true story

      Netflix documentary captures all the improbable twists in the rise and fall of the German online payments giant

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