Wirecard: The Missing Billions

CHAPTERS:
0:00 — Cold Open
0:30 — Welcome + Network Shoutout
2:00 — The Rise of Wirecard: From Dot-Com Startup to DAX Giant
15:00 — The Zatarra Report and the Attack on Critics
28:00 — How the Fraud Actually Worked
42:00 — The Dan McCrum Investigation
55:00 — The Collapse: June 2020
67:00 — Jan Marsalek's Escape to Russia
75:00 — The Aftermath: Legal, Political, Human
85:00 — Closing Reflections + Next Episode Teaser
86:00 — End / HustleStudios Radio 24/7

SOURCES:
Financial Times — Dan McCrum investigative series (2015-2020)
Der Spiegel — Marsalek intelligence connections
Bellingcat / The Insider — Marsalek Russia investigation
Citizen Lab — Dark Basin hacking campaign report
German Bundestag — Wirecard Parliamentary Inquiry (2020-2021)
Reuters — TCI criminal complaint filing
PBS Frontline — Marsalek Russia documentation
Netflix — Skandal: Bringing Down Wirecard (2022)

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Wirecard: The Missing Billions — by HustleStudios

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