Documented
Case File: WCD-2024-001
Ref: Wirecard AG
WIRECARD
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EP.01
WIRE
CARD
CARD
€1.9 Billion That Never Existed
Subject
Wirecard AG — Payment Processing Fraud
Losses Documented
€1.9 Billion (confirmed missing)
Executives Implicated
Markus Braun · Jan Marsalek (at large)
Current Status
Criminal proceedings ongoing
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THE WIRE
CARD
LIE
Europe’s most celebrated fintech company hid €1.9 billion in phantom cash across fake Philippines accounts. The auditors signed off for years. The executive who built it fled the country. This is how it happened.
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