A Long Time In Finance

Wirecard and The Art of the Potemkin Corporation

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Episode notes

Wirecard was the rare German startup that seemed primed to become a global player. But it was all too good to be true, as Dan McCrum, financial sleuth at the FT, ultimately discovered. We talk to him about how he unmasked the scam, overcoming spies, mobsters and even the German financial regulator to get at the truth. And also about favourite scams and why fraud is so damned difficult to stamp out.

Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.

With Dan McCrum.

Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.