Wirecard will fire more than half of the employees of the German office against the background of the start of the bankruptcy process

Wirecard payment issuer will reduce 730 out of 1300 employees of the German office against the backdrop of a neglected bankruptcy trial Ліз Трасс та ринок , writes Bloomberg .

The dismissal of part of the state will save part of the funds and use them to maintain business.

The current supervisory board must refuse to control the company and may resign after notification.

“The economic situation of Wirecard AG was and remains extremely difficult due to the lack of liquidity and known scandalous circumstances,” said Michael Jaffa, appointed by the court, the WireCard administrator said.

According to him, the company began selling assets for payments to creditors.

Recall that in June, WireCard auditors could not confirm the availability of remains of € 1.9 billion in her accounts.

Later, the company filed a bankruptcy statement.

Munich police detained the ex-head of Wirecard Marcus Brown, who resigned against the background of the scandal. He is suspected of falsification of data on cash balance in the company’s accounts.

In August, Interpol put on the wanted list of former WireCard director Yana Marslek. According to some reports, after his disappearance, he carried out a major translation in bitcoins and is supposedly hidden in Russia.

Read the history of take -off and fall Wirecard in the FORKLOG material.

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