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Markus Braun

  • Friday, 29 May, 2026
    Law
    Markus Braun’s six-year detention violates his human rights

    The former Wirecard CEO has been detained since 2020 without a verdict — a length almost without precedent

    Kai Möller
    Markus Braun sits on stage with his hands together, looking upward, during the Handelsblatt Banking Summit
  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    Wirecard AG
    Prosecutors drop some charges against former Wirecard chief

    Decision announced in effort to speed up case that has been under way since December 2022

    Markus Braun
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    Wirecard AG
    Top lawyer of ex-Wirecard boss walks away after money runs out

    Markus Braun under mounting pressure as trial of Germany’s largest corporate fraud continues

    Markus Braun, pictured in 2019.
  • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
    Wirecard AG
    Markus Braun told Wirecard’s top lawyer that compliance was ‘crap’, court hears

    Collapsed German payments company retrospectively created supervisory board minutes, says group’s former legal chief

    Markus Braun
  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
    Wirecard AG
    Wirecard boss threatened ‘legal steps’ against KPMG over special audit

    Partner at Big Four firm says Markus Braun invited him skiing as he sought to water down probe

    Markus Braun in court
  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Wirecard AG
    ‘Do you understand what I say?’ Markus Braun tests patience of Wirecard judge

    Former chief executive has been unwavering that he has no responsibility for one of Europe’s biggest corporate frauds

    Markus Braun enters the hearing room at the Munich Higher Regional Court
  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    Wirecard AG
    The high-living entrepreneur brought low by his links to Wirecard

    Prosecutors allege James Henry O’Sullivan secretly controlled companies that were used to inflate profits and siphon off cash

    James Henry O’Sullivan stands at a private jet
  • Monday, 13 February, 2023
    Wirecard AG
    Wirecard’s Braun voices ‘deepest regret’ but denies knowledge of fraud

    Former chief of collapsed German payment group rejects ‘all charges’ at Munich trial

    Markus Braun sits in the dock in the courtroom during the trial
  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
    Wirecard AG
    Ex-Wirecard chief Markus Braun’s credibility in the dock

    Former head of defunct German payments company accused of making incorrect and misleading statements to investors

    FT montage of Markus Braun and the Wirecard logo
  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    Wirecard AG
    Wirecard CEO ‘demanded retrospective changes to data’

    Markus Braun is implicated by former lieutenant in court case examining collapse of payments firm

  • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
    Wirecard AG
    Chief Wirecard witness denies deleting data before talking to police

    Oliver Bellenhaus accuses lawyer for ex-CEO Markus Braun of distorting evidence to undermine his credibility

    Oliver Bellenhaus, centre, in court on Monday
  • Monday, 19 December, 2022
    Wirecard AG
    Wirecard was ‘sloppily done fraud’, court hears

    Oliver Bellenhaus says the deception was driven by the former CEO’s desire to make the company look successful

    Oliver Bellenhaus in court on Monday
  • Monday, 12 December, 2022
    Wirecard AG
    Lawyer of former Wirecard chief Braun seeks suspension of trial

    Prosecutors accused of ignoring crucial evidence and relying on witness who told ‘pack of lies’

    Wirecard’s former chief executive Markus Braun
  • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
    Wirecard AG
    Wirecard bosses accused of ‘criminal racket’ as trial begins

    Collapsed payments group’s former chief Markus Braun could face jail term of up to 15 years if convicted of all charges

    Markus Braun in court in Munich on Thursday
  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    Wirecard AG
    A bombproof courtroom and a CEO in the dock: what to expect from the Wirecard trial

    A panel of Munich judges will from Thursday begin dissecting one of the biggest frauds in German history

    Wirecard chief executive Markus Braun
  • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
    Wirecard AG
    Wirecard CEO to face fraud trial by end of year

    Munich court accepted fraud charges against Markus Braun

    Former Wirecard chief executive Markus Braun
  • Sunday, 10 July, 2022
    Inside Wirecard
    Wirecard forged client details to secure €900mn investment from SoftBank

    Collapsed German payments group fabricated data to reassure Japanese investor

    The logo of German payments provider Wirecard is seen at a building of the company’s headquarters in Aschheim near Munich in 2020
  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Follow the ‘Money Men’

    Plus, Jamie Dimon finds himself on the bad side of shareholders

    Premium content
  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Inside Wirecard
    The Big Read. Wirecard: the case against Markus Braun

    The former chief executive of the German payments company that went bust with debts of €3bn faces fraud charges

    Markus Braun says he did not know there was wrongdoing at Wirecard units in Dubai and other parts of the world
  • Monday, 14 March, 2022
    Inside Wirecard
    Former Wirecard chief executive charged with fraud

    Munich public prosecutors charge Markus Braun over the collapse of the payments group

    Markus Braun
  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    Inside Wirecard
    German prosecutors file first charges in Wirecard fraud

    Authorities last month charged business associate of former payments group executive Jan Marsalek

    Wirecard’s company headquarters in Aschheim near Munich
  • Friday, 25 June, 2021
    Due Diligence
    The emails that reveal Wirecard’s chaotic unravelling

    Plus, Credit Suisse cuts Sanjeev Gupta some slack, and a look back at the life of colourful software magnate John McAfee

    Premium content
  • Friday, 9 April, 2021
    Inside Wirecard
    Jan Marsalek’s behind-the-scenes role in Wirecard’s most contentious deal

    Payment group’s fugitive ex-COO worked to improve the websites of Indian companies later acquired

    Montage of Jan Marsalek and logos for Hermes and Wirecard
  • Thursday, 18 March, 2021
    Wirecard AG
    Wirecard CEO told board it would be liable for losses from negative press

    German parliamentary probe on collapse of payments company hears testimony from chair Thomas Eichelmann

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    European companies
    Banker who advised Wirecard chief’s family office leaves UniCredit

    Jana Hecker has left her role as head of equity capital markets, says Italian bank

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