Fraud

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Fraud · 1995

How a Rogue Trader Sank Barings Bank in 1995 | Nick Leeson vs Risk Controls

Nick Leeson was supposed to be a back-office clerk at Barings Bank. Instead, he became the rogue trader who toppled Britain's oldest merchant bank in 1995.…

1995

Fraud · 2020

Wirecard: The Missing €1.9 Billion (2020) - QuickFinanceStories

For years, Wirecard was Germany's fintech darling. A payments company that was supposed to be Europe's answer to PayPal. Valued at over 24 billion…

2020