Talk:Wirecard scandal

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How the Biggest Fraud in German History Unravelled: The tech company Wirecard was embraced by the German élite. But a reporter discovered that behind the façade of innovation were lies and links to Russian intelligence. — The New Yorker, February 27, 2023

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I strongly feel that a German-speaking Wikipedian would add to the page by addition based on German langauge sources. While I strive to be neutral in my writing, given I speak only English by definition the sources I relied on reflect an Anglo-centric viewpoint. Especially with regards to criticisms against German regulators and the press, I imagine there would have been pushback against the accusations. Copyedit is also necessary, since this is a first draft. --Egawaryuki21 (talk) 06:26, 30 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I am a German speaker but have followed this topic only superficially. There is so much adverse/fraud happening you can't keep up with it all. I did read that wirecard started off as a porn and illegal betting online business. I also read that Jan Marsalek was an informer for the Austrian secret service, but often one service does not come alone. Having read a lot about organised crime I have the impression that law enforcement caught on to them and turned a blind eye for info, bribes, or other favours. Why so much money is missing is not explained through that, though. The purported Philippine connection of the missing money looks very odd at first, why Philippines for this Austrian/German company? They could have still had porn connections there. Law enforcement/secret service connections explain why the company was so successful within a relatively short time and had a banking licence. I tend to read only reputable sites and would imagine the above to be true but cannot garanatee that. 2001:8003:A070:7F00:71F9:7AA7:8503:64D (talk) 02:46, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Egawaryuki21 They have been in line with UK and US commentaries. Check e.g. https://www.startpage.com/rik/search?q=dw.com+wirecard

Zezen (talk) 18:58, 6 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The line about Christian B. being dead is wrong, his name is Christopher Bauer. The source cited is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.95.182.243 (talk) 23:59, 18 August 2020 (UTC) His Name is Christopher Bauer. He is son to the former Chairman of the Advisary-Board. And this gives a hint how long this scandal is going on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.60.59.247 (talk) 16:59, 7 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The company just sold the assets of its main business for 100 million euros (vs. 3.2 billion euros it owed in debt). The previous sales of the US, UK, and Brazilian units never had prices attached to them, but I'll make a super-wild guess that the total may have been another 100 million euros. In short creditors might get 6 cents on the euro. It looks like this was a pure scam almost from the start. In a way that makes this article seem unnecessary, we should likely just merge it back into the main Wirecard article. This isn't a story of a good company gone bad. It's not a has-been, but a never-was. So no need to explain a "scandal". Smallbones_(smalltalk) 04:50, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]