Wirecard Scandal
What secrets brought Wirecard down?
4.1 (28)
70 mins
Uncover the Wirecard scandal, where a German fintech giant collapsed after €1.9 billion went missing, exposing massive fraud and accounting deception. Explore how regulatory failures and fake financial records allowed the scheme to go undetected for years.
Ep 1:
Germany's Fake Tech Titan
A $24 billion DAX darling collapses overnight when $2.1 billion vanishes, exposing two eccentric Austrian executives who built an empire of lies from pornography payments to fake Silicon Valley genius.
Ep 2:
Excel Spreadsheets and Phantom Fortunes
Behind Wirecard's dazzling AI claims lay only basic spreadsheets and a nonexistent fortune supposedly stashed in Philippine escrow accounts—guarded by a retired fisherman and a bus company.
Ep 3:
The Lawyer Who Wouldn't Stay Silent
A Singapore lawyer uncovers round-tripping fraud and hands it to the Financial Times, triggering a courageous exposé—and a terrifying campaign of harassment, spies, and phishing attacks against the truth-tellers.
Ep 4:
The Regulator That Protected the Fraud
Germany's top financial watchdog was supposed to protect investors from fraud—instead it banned short-selling, prosecuted journalists, and shielded Wirecard while auditors quietly ignored glaring red flags for years.
Ep 5:
The Audit That Broke the Illusion
A last-ditch independent audit meant to clear Wirecard's name instead confirms the unthinkable, triggering a stock collapse, a CEO's arrest, and a COO's dramatic vanishing act toward Russia.
Ep 6:
A System Still Unbroken
In Wirecard's wreckage, ruined pensioners and frozen bank accounts reveal the human cost—while promised reforms leave the Big Four's power, and the risk of another Wirecard, fully intact.
Discussions (5)
Conrad
Level 2 · 4 mo agothat COO fleeing to russia on a private jet 😂 he definitely had christopher killed to cover it up
Nicolas
Level 3 · 4 mo agoI guarantee Marsalek is chilling in Moscow right now. You do not just rent a 50k villa with intensive care beds full of drugs and hang out with Russian mercenaries without being an actual supervillain.
Ronald
Level 6 · 4 mo agoMarkus Braun dressing like Steve Jobs while running a tech empire on Excel. Delulu is the only solulu.
