MANILA / SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A Filipino lawyer involved in a billion-dollar Wirecard fraud Mark Tolentino told Reuters he was surprised to be linked to the German payments firm and was “the victim of a trap.” . ” Lawyer Mark Tolentino poses in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, in this …
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FILE PHOTO: President Rodrigo Duterte speaks at Davao International Airport in Davao City, Southern Philippines, on September 8, 2018. REUTERS / Lean Daval Jr HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam and the Philippines warned of growing insecurity in Southeast Asia at a regional summit on Friday amid concerns that China would step …
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MEXICO CITY / SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil tankers transporting nearly two months of Venezuelan oil production are trapped at sea as world refineries avoid the nation’s crude to avoid falling under U.S. sanctions, according to sources at the industry, PDVSA documents and shipping data. Washington is tightening sanctions to reduce …
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MUNICH / MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines is investigating Wirecard’s $ 2.1 billion accounting scandal, which said former chief operating officer of German payments firm Jan Marsalek could be in the country. FILE PHOTO: Markus Braun, CEO of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of white label outsourcing solutions for electronic …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks hit a four-month high on Wednesday as investors remained stubbornly optimistic about prospects for a reopening of the world economy, even as coronavirus cases appeared to be accelerating to new peaks. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, after the outbreak of coronavirus …
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