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    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      News in-depthWirecard AG
      ‘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

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      News in-depthWirecard AG
      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

    • Monday, 13 February, 2023
      Wirecard AG
      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-depthWirecard AG
      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

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

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

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

      Munich court accepted fraud charges against Markus Braun

    • Sunday, 10 July, 2022
      FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
      Wirecard forged client details to secure €900mn investment from SoftBank

      Collapsed German payments group fabricated data to reassure Japanese investor

    • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Follow the ‘Money Men’ Premium content

      Plus, Jamie Dimon finds himself on the bad side of shareholders

    • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
      FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
      Wirecard: the case against Markus Braun

      The former chief executive of the German payments company that went bust with debts of €3bn faces fraud charges

    • Monday, 14 March, 2022
      FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
      Former Wirecard chief executive charged with fraud

      Munich public prosecutors charge Markus Braun over the collapse of the payments group

    • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
      FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
      German prosecutors file first charges in Wirecard fraud

      Authorities last month charged business associate of former payments group executive Jan Marsalek

    • Friday, 25 June, 2021
      Due Diligence
      The emails that reveal Wirecard’s chaotic unravelling Premium content

      Plus, Credit Suisse cuts Sanjeev Gupta some slack, and a look back at the life of colourful software magnate John McAfee

    • Friday, 9 April, 2021
      FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
      Jan Marsalek’s behind-the-scenes role in Wirecard’s most contentious deal

      Payment group’s fugitive ex-COO worked to improve the websites of Indian companies later acquired

    • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
      Wirecard AG
      Wirecard CEO told board it would be liable for losses from negative press

      German parliamentary probe on collapse of payments company hears testimony from chair Thomas Eichelmann

    • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
      Banker who advised Wirecard chief’s family office leaves UniCredit

      Jana Hecker has left her role as head of equity capital markets, says Italian bank

    • Friday, 19 February, 2021
      UniCredit SpA
      UniCredit banker moonlighted for Markus Braun’s family office

      Senior figure was due around €800,000 for work done for Wirecard’s CEO in run-up to the payment company’s collapse

    • Friday, 15 January, 2021
      FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
      Deutsche board member urged ex-Wirecard CEO to ‘do [the FT] in!!’

      Austrian financier Alexander Schütz called on Markus Braun to do more to rebut FT’s critical reporting

    • Friday, 25 December, 2020
      Due Diligence
      The best of DD’s corporate finance coverage in 2020 Premium content

      We’re counting down our top-10 topics of the year

    • Monday, 7 December, 2020
      Wirecard AG
      Wirecard fugitive Jan Marsalek took bank lending decision

      Former chief operating officer took crucial credit decision without having formal role at Bafin-regulated lender

    • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
      Financial services
      Wirecard’s Braun says regulators not to blame in scandal

      Former CEO gives statement to German parliamentary inquiry but refuses to answer questions

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