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Singapore-based Wirecard whistleblower building platform for others like him

THE whistleblower who helped expose one of Europe’s most high-profile fraud cases is developing a platform to aid the reporting of wrongdoing at companies.

Wirecard Asia suffered a loss of $123,070 due to Yeo’s offences.

12-month jail term for Singaporean in Wirecard case

HENRY Yeo, who is among those involved in the Wirecard case in Singapore, was sentenced to 12 months in prison on Tuesday (Jun 27). 

This is the first Wirecard-related conviction in Singapore and globally.

Two former execs jailed in Singapore in first conviction over Wirecard fraud

TWO individuals have been sentenced to jail in the first Wirecard-related conviction in Singapore and globally. They pled guilty to charges for their role in the scandal.

In the wake of the accounting scandal around German payments company Wirecard, auditors have turned cautious and become much more selective, scrutinising potential clients much more closely.

EY, KPMG and the fallout of two accounting scandals

What happens to companies that cannot secure an auditor to check their accounts?

Oliver Bellenhaus, who was head of Wirecard's subsidiary in Dubai, said the company was a “swindle” from the start, with its former chief executive at its core.

Former Wirecard exec admits guilt but pins fraud blame on ex-CEO

THE key prosecution witness in Germany’s biggest post-war fraud trial on Monday (Dec 19) has admitted guilt in a scam that led to Wirecard’s collapse.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 19, 2020 Markus Braun, the former chief executive of disgraced payments giant Wirecard, waits to face a public grilling by German lawmakers over the massive accounting fraud that brought down his firm, in Berlin. - More than two years after the collapse of German digital payments firm Wirecard stunned the financial world, ex-CEO Markus Braun and two former managers will go on trial for fraud on December 8, 2022. (Photo by FABRIZIO BENSCH / POOL / AFP)

Ex-Wirecard CEO goes on trial over ‘unparalleled’ fraud

EX-WIRECARD CEO Markus Braun goes on trial in Munich this week for his role in the collapse of the once celebrated payments firm, brought down by the biggest accounting fraud scandal in German corpora...

The CAD and MAS launched a joint probe in 2020 into Citadelle Corporate Services and the Senjo Group of companies, following a review of developments relating to insolvent German payment processing company Wirecard.

Briton charged with 2 more counts of abetting to falsify documents related to Wirecard scandal

JAMES Henry O’Sullivan, a 47-year-old British national linked to the Wirecard scandal, has been charged with 2 more counts of abetting the falsification of documents.

The Interpol red notice comes weeks after a warrant of arrest was issued to Edo Kurniawan in Singapore.

Former Wirecard director suspected of fraud issued Interpol red notice

EDO Kurniawan, Wirecard Asia Holding’s (WAH) former vice-president of controlling and finance, has been issued an Interpol red notice, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said on Wednesday (Sep 7).

Germany charges Wirecard's ex-CEO Braun with alleged fraud

Germany charges Wirecard's ex-CEO Braun with alleged fraud

[BERLIN] German prosecutors said Monday they have charged Wirecard's former chief executive Markus Braun and two other high-ranking managers for the colossal commercial fraud that led to the collapse ...

Wirecard funds supposedly held in trust by Citadelle with OCBC confirmed to be just a fraction of initial claims

Wirecard funds supposedly held in trust by Citadelle with OCBC confirmed to be just a fraction of initial claims

AS WIRECARD'S insolvency administrator seeks to unravel the mischief done at the payments group, details about the extent of the fraud are coming to light, including the roles of Singapore-based playe...