New York Times: German Lawmakers Launch Probe Into Wirecard Collapse

New York Times: German Lawmakers Launch Probe Into Wirecard Collapse

"German lawmakers launched a parliamentary enquiry into the collapse of payments firm Wirecard on Tuesday, a probe that will force the government to reveal more about a failure to avert the country's biggest post-war corporate fraud. (...)

"This was a fake company," said Fabio de Masi, a German lawmaker who played a key role in launching the enquiry that empowers parliamentarians to interrogate officials and demand information. "We are not getting the answers we need." (...)"