Why don’t auditors find fraud?
Regulators have put forward a series of proposals to clarify and extend responsibilities to spot wrongdoing and investors say they are willing to pay
Regulators have put forward a series of proposals to clarify and extend responsibilities to spot wrongdoing and investors say they are willing to pay
Lawyers for investors in collapsed payments group claim Big Four firm’s reorganisation made it harder to enforce claims
Investigation by Germany’s Spiegel, Austria’s Standard and two other media outlets claims Jan Marsalek was helped escape by an erotic actress turned spy
Chanos famously exposed the Enron scandal in 2001. He warned the G7 in May 2007 that a global financial crisis was coming
Former chief operating officer Jan Marsalek vanished after audit revealed €1.9bn hole in cash reserves
Two former executives given jail sentences related to collapse of once high-flying German payments group
Work on doomed Everest project cost more than $600mn and triggered bitter infighting
Sanctions come less than a month after wider Widercard group’s one-time auditors were fined by German authorities
Big Four firm blocked from taking on listed companies as new clients for two years
Former Wirecard CEO maintains he has no responsibility for one of Europe’s biggest corporate frauds
Former Wirecard chief executive in on trial in Munich along with two managers who worked at the online payments company
Collapsed payments firm’s trustee accidentally told auditor that he did not hold any money on its behalf
Prosecutors accused of ignoring crucial evidence and relying on witness who told ‘pack of lies’
Executive denies any knowledge of or involvement in a €1.9 billion accounting fraud that brought down the electronic payments firm
Collapse of fintech amid allegations of fraud is major embarrassment for German banking regulator and politicians
High-profile firm collapsed last year amid allegations revenue and assets were faked
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Fine is setback for Germany’s largest lender as it seeks to restore its reputation
Liquidators have completed two reports on Dublin firm’s collapse
Olaf Scholz reacts to searches targeting party ministries two weeks before election
Funding part of €8bn plan including training and fraud detection initiatives
Deal will also see Japanese group take stake in German telecoms operator
Lawsuit over losses to be watched closely by many including group’s former shareholders
Oliver Bellenhaus tells German prosecutors he set up shell firms at Jan Marsalek’s behest
Over 20,000 investors in total committed savings into Charles Smethurst’s GPG
Shorts ‘play important role in detecting not just overpricing, but also fraud’ – study
Heike Pauls had briefed managers at payment group about hedge fund’s criticism
Despite the David v Goliath portrayal, Redditors’ moral outrage is misplaced
Glowing assessments adorned last annual reports of Wirecard and Carillion before they imploded
Credit rating agency to expand how it evaluates lenders’ riskiness amid raft of scandals
Grant Thornton managing partner is optimistic about life after Covid
Audit partners signed off accounts despite warnings from colleagues
Former EY partner Andreas Loetscher moves as prosecutors examine audits
Garda bureau investigating whether escrow account ever actually existed
Liquidators appointed as gardaí investigate whether escrow account actually existed
Andreas Loetscher was one of EY partners responsible for audits at failed payments group
Move significantly escalates legal and reputational risks for accounting firm
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Jan Marsalek disappaeared the day he was fired as details of €3bn fraud emerged
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Electronic payments provider is subject to investigation in Germany over alleged fraud
Former US official who took over at e-payments giant urges businesses to be open
Employee at payments group’s longtime auditor flagged suspicious accounting and attempted bribery in 2016
MPs want to know when government first knew about irregularities at payments firm
Government TD asks Minister to direct National Transport Authority to get involved
App promised drivers unpaid fares would be processed ‘over the weekend’
Some $1bn thought to have been funnelled out of scandal-hit payments group
Markets report: European travel and leisure index sinks to two-month low
Implosion of Germany’s Wirecard may prompt another attempt at audit reforms, experts say
Executive detained weeks after collapse of once high-flying German technology group
Stocktake: Shorts had to pay high interest fees in order to bet against Wirecard
Management board later passed over consultancy for compliance work in favour of PwC
Irish offices were raided as part of an international fraud investigation
Shake-up comes after audit concern in serie sof high profiel corporate collapses
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