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Ex-Wirecard Finance Chief Charged With Fraud
Ex-Wirecard Finance Chief Charged With Fraud
December 14, 2023  |  Legal

More than three years after its collapse, Wirecard’s former finance chief has been accused of fraud. Burkhard Ley, who spent 11 years as the chief...

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Wirecard Files For Insolvency, Seeks Court Protection
Wirecard Files For Insolvency, Seeks Court Protection
June 25, 2020  |  News

Wirecard, the embattled Germany payment services company, said Thursday (June 25) it was filing for insolvency. The decision comes less than a week after auditors...

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Wirecard’s Former CEO Markus Braun Arrested
Wirecard’s Former CEO Markus Braun Arrested
June 23, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Ex-Wirecard CEO Markus Braun was arrested Monday night (June 22) in the latest chapter that has rocked the German payment services provider, the Financial Times...

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Checks, Spreadsheets Expose Firms To Growing Fraud Risk
Checks, Spreadsheets Expose Firms To Growing Fraud Risk
June 22, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Corporate fraud continues to plague businesses large and small, and in this week’s B2B fraud tracker, many of the latest cases of nefarious activity within...

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Coronavirus Fraud Is In Full Swing — And Businesses Are A Big Target
Coronavirus Fraud Is In Full Swing — And Businesses Are A Big Target
May 11, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Fraud warnings continue to grow louder as bad actors uncover new opportunities to take advantage of market volatility and other aspects of the unique circumstances...

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UK Accounting Giants Reserve $212M For Possible Fines
UK Accounting Giants Reserve $212M For Possible Fines
December 27, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The U.K.’s so-called Big Four accounting giants — PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY — have reportedly set aside more than $212 million in preparation for...

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Law Enforcement Cracks Down On Corporate Payments Fraud
Law Enforcement Cracks Down On Corporate Payments Fraud
December 23, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Payments messaging technology provider SWIFT recently opened up its Know Your Customer (KYC) platform, the KYC Registry, directly to corporates. The initiative enables 2,000 corporate...

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Samsung Execs Jailed In South Korea For Evidence Tampering
Samsung Execs Jailed In South Korea For Evidence Tampering
December 09, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

A South Korean court slapped three Samsung Electronics executives with jail sentences Monday (Dec. 9) for evidence tampering during an accounting fraud investigation, Reuters reported. Prosecutors...

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Wirecard Expands KMPG Audit To Clear Fraud Allegations
Wirecard Expands KMPG Audit To Clear Fraud Allegations
November 06, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Wirecard is having auditing giant KPMG expand the scope of its review of Wirecard financials as the company continues to defend against allegations of fraud....

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