{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a24720b250fa4918b1f9c64/6a268829c0b710abf6aa2a65?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Wirecard: The German FinTech That Fooled Everyone - Part 5: The Price of Belief","description":"A fraud this large never leaves a clean ending. After the collapse, Wirecard was no longer the pride of German fintech. It was a courtroom drama and a symbol of how trust can be destroyed in a single revelation.\r\n\r\nBillions were missing. The dream of a European digital champion was gone. Markus Braun went on trial in Munich. In two thousand twenty-four, a court convicted him on charges tied to the company’s collapse. The trial turned the scandal into a legal record, but no verdict could bring back the missing billions or undo the damage. The court proceedings laid bare the facts: Wirecard claimed nearly two billion euros in Philippine trust accounts that never existed. Years of audits, board meetings, and confident statements had all rested on a foundation of fiction.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thefraudarchive.com/fraud/wirecard","author_name":"The Archive Network"}