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ForkLog 7 25.03.2022

Former Wirecard chief executive faces up to 15 years in prison

The Munich public prosecutor's office charged the former Wirecard chief executive Markus Braun with fraud and market manipulation.

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ForkLog 9 08.11.2021

Media reports resignation of Austrian military official over possible ties to Wirecard executive

A senior official at the Austrian defence ministry has been suspended from his post over suspected ties to former Wirecard chief operating officer Jan Marsalek and Russia.

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ForkLog 11 18.05.2021

Lithuanian fintech startup suspected of siphoning €100 million from Wirecard

The Munich public prosecutor's office is investigating a possible link between the Lithuanian fintech Finolita and the theft of more than €100 million from the Wirecard payment service in the weeks before its collapse.

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ForkLog 9 23.04.2021

Millions of euros belonging to Wirecard were carried out of the Munich office in plastic bags

For several years, employees of the now-defunct fintech company Wirecard carried cash in plastic bags out of the Munich headquarters, totaling several million euros. The Financial Times reports, citing former employees familiar with the situation.

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ForkLog 9 21.04.2021

Media: Wirecard Worked Closely With Germany’s Federal Criminal Police

The German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) cooperated with the bankrupt fintech Wirecard from 2013 to 2020 and used their credit cards during investigations. The Financial Times reports.

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ForkLog 11 29.01.2021

BaFin employee charged with insider trading in Wirecard shares

BaFin has accused one of its employees of insider trading in the stock of the now-bankrupt fintech Wirecard. The regulator has filed a complaint with the Stuttgart public prosecutor's office. Reuters reports this.

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ForkLog 8 25.01.2021

Two Austrians Arrested Over Plan to Help Jan Marsalek Escape from Wirecard

Last week, Vienna police arrested a former senior official of Austria's intelligence service and a former deputy from the right-wing forces. They are accused of organising the escape of the former Wirecard chief operating officer Jan Marsalek to Belarus last summer, according to the Financial Times.

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ForkLog 6 14.01.2021

Media: BaFin ignored warnings from a major bank about Wirecard manipulations

One of Germany's largest and oldest banks, Commerzbank, warned BaFin as early as the start of 2020 about manipulations by the now-bankrupt fintech Wirecard, but the regulator did not take any action. The Financial Times reports, citing sources familiar with the situation.

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ForkLog 8 17.12.2020

Lawyer seeks to annul Wirecard’s annual financial statements

The administrator handling the Wirecard insolvency case, Michaël Jaffé, has filed a lawsuit seeking to declare the company's 2017 and 2018 financial statements invalid. Handelsblatt reports.

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ForkLog 12 30.10.2020

Germany confirms Wirecard executive’s ties to Austrian security service

The former chief operating officer of the bankrupt fintech Wirecard, Jan Marsalek, collaborated with Austria’s security service. This is reported by Sueddeutsche Zeitung, citing a statement from the German Federal Prosecutor's Office.

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ForkLog 20 14.10.2020

TenX halts crypto-card services amid Wirecard collapse

The Singaporean blockchain startup TenX announced a change in its business model. The forced withdrawal from current services is linked to the collapse of German fintech Wirecard, which issued TenX payment cards.

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ForkLog 10 09.10.2020

Handelsblatt links former Wirecard top executive to Russian RFI Bank

The former chief operating officer of the collapsed German fintech group Wirecard, Jan Marsalek, has close ties to Russian financial circles, according to Handelsblatt citing its own sources.

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