German lawmakers grill finance minister over Wirecard scandal

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German lawmakers grill finance minister over Wirecard scandal

Accounting scandal one of the biggest in post-war history.

German lawmakers on Wednesday questioned the country's finance minister Olaf Scholz over his failure to detect and prevent the Wirecard accounting scandal, one of the biggest in post-war history. Payment services company Wirecard filed for insolvency last month after admitting that 1.9 ...

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