ESMA review slams German authorities’ supervision of Wirecard
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-11-04T20:48:00
A damning report by the EU’s securities markets regulator found numerous shortcomings in German authorities’ supervision of Wirecard’s financial reporting leading up to its collapse surrounding a $2 billion accounting scandal.
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