German Prosecutors Charge 3 With Fraud in Wirecard Collapse

German Prosecutors Charge 3 With Fraud in Wirecard Collapse
The Wirecard logo is seen at a building of the company's headquarters in Aschheim near Munich on Sept. 2, 2020. Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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FRANKFURT, Germany—German prosecutors have charged the former CEO of payments company Wirecard and two other ex-managers with fraud and false accounting in connection with the firm’s collapse last year amid allegations that much of its revenue and assets were faked.

Prosecutors in Munich said Monday that ex-CEO Markus Braun signed off on financial reports he knew were false. They said the firm booked nonexistent revenue it attributed to multiple partnerships in other countries and used fake documents to show it had funds that it did not.