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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInHead of German financial watchdog resists calls to resign over Wirecard | Financial Times
The head of Germany’s financial watchdog has rejected calls to resign over the scandal at Wirecard, while saying that with hindsight he should have called for prosecutors to open an investigation sooner. Felix Hufeld said at a conference on Wednesday that he would not resign “as long as my country and Europe have trust in […]
Auditors keep falling into the same trap | Financial Times
Last week, payments firm Wirecard admitted that €1.9bn of its cash probably never existed — and then it collapsed. It turns out that the German group’s auditors had failed for at least three years to request crucial account information from a Singapore bank where Wirecard said it had up to €1bn. Instead, EY relied on […]