For 18 months, the Financial Times has reported on whistleblower allegations of accounting fraud at what was once Europe’s most valuable financial technology group: Wirecard. Since last Thursday, when the German payments company revealed auditors could not trace €1.9bn supposedly held in escrow accounts at two Asian banks, its shares have plunged 80 per cent. On Monday, Wirecard acknowledged that this cash probably does “ not exist”. It is now clear that this is one of Europe’s biggest corporate frauds of recent years.
在过去18个月里，英国《金融时报》报道过有吹哨人揭发欧洲曾经最具价值的金融科技集团Wirecard存在会计欺诈。上周四，这家德国支付服务商披露，审计机构无法追查到本应在两家亚洲银行托管账户中的19亿欧元，自那以来，该公司股价已暴跌80%。周一，Wirecard承认这笔资金可能“不存在”。如今看来，这显然是近年来欧洲最大的企业欺诈案之一。
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