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Things didn't smell right at Wirecard - then a whistleblower was stonewalled

The fraud trail was clear, but ex-Wirecard exec asks if complainants are shielded from complicit powers

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Kelly Ng

Kelly Ng

Published Tue, May 25, 2021 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    IT DIDN'T take long for him to think something was amiss at what was then one of the fastest growing payments companies at the time.

    For one thing, the credentials of a key executive behind the Wirecard Asia-Pacific operations, "didn't add up".

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