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The Wirecard trial begins

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Jörg Luyken
Dec 19, 2022
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The trial of three Wirecard executives accused of stealing three billion euros from credit institutes and investors has started.

The star of the show is former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun. Locked up in a high-security prison in Bavaria since the summer of 2020, he is accused of being the leader of a gang that used the payment provider to steal vas…

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