Why Did Germany Punish the Reporters Instead of Wirecard?

Wirecard was a German fintech giant worth €24 billion—until €1.9 billion vanished overnight. When reporters exposed the fraud, Germany's financial regulator didn't investigate the company. Instead, they attacked the journalists. This is the story of one of the biggest financial scandals in European history, and the shocking betrayal that enabled it. Wirecard, Wirecard scandal, BaFin, financial fraud, investigative journalism, Financial Times, Germany scandal, Jan Marsalek, Markus Braun, fintech collapse, KPMG audit, white collar crime, regulatory failure, DAX collapse, European fraud