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Wirecard says $2.1B cash is missing
- kjaftaedi 6y agoIf anyone else is curious about the earlier Financial Times reports mentioned in the article: (if these are paywalled, just google the titles) May 2019 - What are the Wirecard allegations? https://www.ft.com/content/12d751e8-6c0c-11e9-80c7-60ee53e6681d https://www.ft.com/content/12d751e8-6c0c-11e9-80c7-60ee53e66... Oct 2019 - Wirecard’s suspect accounting practices revealed https://www.ft.com/content/19c6be2a-ee67-11e9-bfa4-b25f11f42901 https://www.ft.com/content/19c6be2a-ee67-11e9-bfa4-b25f11f42...
- throw_away 6y agoRecent Invisibilia podcast where wirecard sends goons to terrorize a short-seller: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/868001948 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/868001948
- RandomBacon 6y agoWarning: trying to read the transcript instead of listening is very frustrating. Tons of words; little content.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoPeanuts!
- jlam 6y agoTo mention only Wirecard misses a wider scandal and the “massive hack-for-hire“ India-based operation BellTrox with hundreds of clients, as documented by CitizenLab. https://citizenlab.ca/2020/06/dark-basin-uncovering-a-massive-hack-for-hire-operation/ https://citizenlab.ca/2020/06/dark-basin-uncovering-a-massiv... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23466119 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23466119