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Wirecard filed for insolvency after a devastating scandal in which $ 2 billion went missing and its former CEO was arrested.

CHRISTOF STACHE / Getty Wirecard, a valuable German financial technology firm, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday as it battles a major accounting scandal. According to auditors, more than $ 2 billion disappeared from the company’s balance sheet, and Wirecard later admitted that the money never existed. In a statement Thursday, …

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Stock futures trade down ahead of economic reports

The White House has revealed that a second stimulus check is on the table. Hillary Vaughn of FOX Business with more. US equity futures have swung between gains and losses in the early hours of Thursday. The major futures indices point to a 0.4 percent decline. GET FOX BUSINESS ON …

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Former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun arrested in Germany

Munich prosecutors confirmed that Braun, the former Wirecard CEO, was arrested on suspicion of inflating the digital payments company’s balance sheet and sales through bogus transactions to make it more attractive to investors and customers. Prosecutors said Braun may have acted cooperatively with other perpetrators. Braun will be released Tuesday …

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