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    Dan McCrum joined the Financial Times in 2007. He has covered business and finance from both sides of the Atlantic, and has a particular interest in accounting fraud and corporate misbehaviour.
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    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC
      Scottish Mortgage seeks non-executive’s exit after boardroom clash

      Amar Bhidé says he disagreed with chair over process to appoint two new board members

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Wirecard AG
      Indian group fights Wirecard fraud claim in London court

      Hearing comes in litigation over a series of transactions allegedly arranged by co-founder of IIFL Wealth

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      News in-depthWirecard 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

    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Wirecard AG
      Kroll and Jones Day accused of conspiracy to protect Wirecard

      Short seller claims ‘campaign of harassment’ aimed to deter him from reporting on now collapsed German group

    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      News in-depthTechnology sector
      Silicon Valley Bank profit squeeze in tech downturn attracts short sellers

      California institution that serves start-up scene under scrutiny over investments that have left it with unrealised $15bn loss

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Darktrace
      Darktrace shares dive after short seller attack

      UK cyber group accused of irregular accounting practices by Quintessential Capital Management

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      News in-depthWirecard AG
      A philosophical dilemma for Wirecard’s fast-living chief witness

      Former manager must convince the court that businesses he ran in Asia did not exist

    • Saturday, 22 October, 2022
      UK banks
      How banks and regulators reacted to the UK bond market meltdown

      The aftermath of the crisis reveals the various ways lenders are exposed to gilt prices

    • Monday, 10 October, 2022
      EY
      Whistleblowers accuse EY of whitewashing suspicious trades at longstanding client

      Two trades created for a workers co-op and a mystery €120,000 payment are central to internal row at Leonteq

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Hedge funds
      Founders of Gotham and Portsea join forces in new short selling fund

      Names known for bets against Wirecard and Steinhoff hope markets downturn will help them replicate earlier successes

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      Due Diligence
      The hedge fund billionaire playing activist at his former firm Premium content

      Plus, bankers and lawyers search for a way around Biden’s new buyback tax and controversial financier Lars Windhorst tells DD he’s good for the money

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Signature Bank
      Signature Bank bet big on crypto — and must now reckon with the crash

      The best-performing US bank of last year has seen its share price tumble

    • Sunday, 10 July, 2022
      FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
      Wirecard forged client details to secure €900mn investment from SoftBank

      Collapsed German payments group fabricated data to reassure Japanese investor

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Financial fraud
      Why we trust fraudsters

      From Enron to Wirecard, elaborate scams can remain undetected long after the warning signs appear. What are investors missing?

    • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
      Wirecard AG
      Wirecard middleman pleads guilty to hacking

      Hedge funds, researchers and journalists among targets of personalised phishing mails

    • Sunday, 3 April, 2022
      EY
      EY revives the big-budget corporate shindig with Florida theme park trip

      Companies had scaled back lavish galas amid pandemic restrictions and climate commitments

    • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
      FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
      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

    • Tuesday, 1 March, 2022
      Celsius Network Ltd
      Israeli judge lifts gagging order revealing Celsius Network CFO’s arrest

      Yaron Shalem was one of 10 detained in connection with alleged fraud at other cryptocurrency ventures

    • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
      FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
      German prosecutors file first charges in Wirecard fraud

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

    • Monday, 22 November, 2021
      Globo PLC
      FCA launches UK High Court action against former Globo executives

      Mobile technology group collapsed in 2015 after accusations of accounting fraud

    • Wednesday, 19 May, 2021
      FT InvestigationsInside Wirecard
      ‘They tried to destroy me’: Wirecard’s reluctant whistleblower tells his story

      Pav Gill, who exposed one of Europe’s biggest corporate frauds, says doing the right thing ‘always has a cost’

    • Monday, 19 October, 2020
      Wirecard AG
      KPMG was engaged as auditor to group used in suspicious Wirecard deals

      Accountancy firm had second thoughts about working with Mauritian-based fund

    • Friday, 2 October, 2020
      News in-depthWirecard AG
      How EY missed the chance to stop Wirecard’s fraud

      Auditors continued to sign off payment group’s accounts even after a whistleblower’s tip

    • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
      Wirecard AG
      Singapore shuts down Wirecard’s payment operations

      Move may prove disruptive as many businesses in the city state use its services

    • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
      News in-depthWirecard AG
      Wirecard’s deceit went beyond its fraudulent Asian operations

      Report from court-appointed administrator reveals the rest of the business was chaotic and unprofitable

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