DESK 2 — FILE OPEN
FOLDER W-0625CASE #2020-0625SHELF 4 / ROW C
CLOSED
BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL DEATHS
DIVISION OF COLD CASES / FORM 41-D / DEATH OF A GOING CONCERN
CASE NUMBER
CASE #2020-0625
SUBJECT

WIRECARD AG

DATE OPENED
1999 — Aschheim, Germany
DATE CLOSED
June 25, 2020
KNOWN ALIASES
WDI (Frankfurt); DAX 30 constituent
INVESTIGATOR
Det. Redact
CAUSE OF DEATH
€1,900,000,000 held in trust accounts did not exist.
PEAK VALUATION
€24,000,000,000 (September 2018)
ASSETS RECOVERED
Insolvency proceedings continuing; one officer at large since June 2020
CLASSIFICATION — MARK ONE
✕FRAUD
NEGLIGENCE
HUBRIS
MARKET FORCES
UNKNOWN
EVIDENCE SUMMARY

Subject was a member of the DAX index at time of death and had been named a national technology champion.

Balances were confirmed for several years on the strength of documents supplied by the subject.

Journalists reporting on the accounts were investigated at the subject’s request. The Chief Operating Officer has not been located.

Remainder of statement sealed:
FILED BY Det. Redact · BADGE 0001NO FURTHER ACTION AUTHORIZED
PROPERTY OF THE BUREAUDO NOT REMOVE FROM ROOM 0114
MARGIN NOTE — INVESTIGATING OFFICER
One of them is still out there. I keep a second folder for him. It was thin. It is getting thicker.
Det. Redact peeking from behind the note
Two billion euro. Never existed.
EVIDENCE TAG
ITEM W-0625
SUBJECT WIRECARD AG
RECEIVED 2020
CONDITION AS FOUND