Wirecard: The German FinTech That Fooled Everyone - Part 5: The Price of Belief

S6E5 - Wirecard: The German FinTech That Fooled Everyone - Part 5: The Price of Belief

Published: July 17, 2026

Duration: 6:13

A fraud this large never leaves a clean ending. After the collapse, Wirecard was no longer the pride of German fintech. It was a courtroom drama and a symbol of how trust can be destroyed in a single revelation.Billions were missing. The dream of a European digital champion was gone. Markus Braun went on trial in Munich. In two thousand twenty-four, a court convicted him on charges tied to the company’s collapse. The trial turned the scandal into a legal record, but no verdict could bring back the missing billions or undo the damage. The court proceedings laid ba...