Wirecard – The “German Enron”, and a personal history (valueandopportunity.com)
recommended by 1 user | 2020 | 185 points by joydeepdg | corporate fraud | original thread |
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programbreeding Jun 23, 2020 | on: Former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun arrested | context

I'd recommend this HN post [0] which links to a good background story [1]. It literally starts with "For those who just came back from a 15 year space mission: Wirecard is a German company that..." haha.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23598824

[1] https://valueandopportunity.com/2020/06/19/wirecard-the-germ...

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