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Wirecard Execs Play Blame Game as Fraud Trial Continues
Wirecard Execs Play Blame Game as Fraud Trial Continues
December 12, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

The former boss of Wirecard is maintaining his innocence. Ex-CEO Markus Braun, who headed the German payments firm, is in the midst of a fraud...

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Wirecard Trial Sets Up FTX Parallels and Enron Echoes 
Wirecard Trial Sets Up FTX Parallels and Enron Echoes 
December 06, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Thursday marks a red letter day in annals of fraud — the type that destroys companies and careers. No, not that crypto exchange. You might...

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Report: Bahamian Authorities Investigating FTX
Report: Bahamian Authorities Investigating FTX
November 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bahamas-based crypto exchange FTX’s troubles continued this weekend with reports that police and regulators in the Caribbean nation had interviewed former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. The...

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FTX’s Enron Parallels Have Implications for Crypto’s Great Regulatory Revamp
FTX’s Enron Parallels Have Implications for Crypto’s Great Regulatory Revamp
November 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX’s former CEO is being replaced by one of the men who oversaw Enron’s bankruptcy proceedings. There’s irony in that news. John J. Ray III,...

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Today In Payments: Wirecard Forces German Accounting Regs Reboot; Consumers Sour On Travel Rewards Cards
Today In Payments: Wirecard Forces German Accounting Regs Reboot; Consumers Sour On Travel Rewards Cards
June 29, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Germany’s deputy finance minister wants to restructure accounting firm regulations, and consumers are turning away from travel rewards cards. Plus, the...

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Wirecard, Enron And Warning Signs Across Two Decades
Wirecard, Enron And Warning Signs Across Two Decades
June 29, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Author George Santayana famously wrote: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” And Mark Twain once wrote: “History doesn’t repeat itself,...

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Ghosts Of Payments Fraud Past: Enron CEO Skilling Freed From Custody
Ghosts Of Payments Fraud Past: Enron CEO Skilling Freed From Custody
March 01, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Enron may be hazy in the minds of some, but former CEO Jeffrey Skilling's release from jail and federal custody shows that payments fraud is...

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When Billionaires Break Bad: Living Large Through Outsized Accounting Scams
When Billionaires Break Bad: Living Large Through Outsized Accounting Scams
November 07, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Even the very rich are sometimes tempted to steal. And often when they steal, they steal … big. And when alleged theft is carried out...

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Is Bitcoin An Enron In The Making?
Is Bitcoin An Enron In The Making?
October 24, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Billionaire investor and Saudi Arabian prince Alwaleed bin Talal dismissed Bitcoin on Monday (Oct. 23), saying on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that he expects the value...

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