Wirecard scandal will have cascading impact on Germany’s audit, regulatory landscape
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-07-07T15:30:00
Wirecard already is shaping up to be to Germany what Enron was to the United States: An accounting oversight failure so epic in its scope and scale that its aftermath is likely to forever alter the country’s auditing and accounting profession as it exists today.
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