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Weekly Roundup: Wirecard Now Target of German, Irish and US Investigations, Bahrain Fines Future Bank, and More

German prosecutors are investigating several Wirecard executives suspected of money laundering, Reuters reported. More U.S. authorities are also investigating the now-bankrupt German payment processor for its possible role in facilitating an alleged $100 million bank-fraud scheme involving an online marijuana marketplace, The Wall Street Journal reported. More Irish police raided Wirecard's offices in Dublin at the request of their German counterparts, the Irish Times reported. More A German nonprofit accused financial supervisor BaFin of failing to monitor firms that surreptitiously provide payment services to online gaming companies, which are banned in Germany, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported. More U.K. financial...

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