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Markus Braun (born 1969) is an Austrian tech investor, the former CEO and CTO at the now insolvent payment processor, Wirecard AG from January 2002 until his resignation and arrest in June 2020. Braun stepped down from Wirecard amidst fraud allegations, but has denied any wrongdoing.
Mar 23, 2022 · Chief executive Markus Braun and other leading executives at the German payments company were looking for ways to avoid writing down a €100mn loan granted on questionable terms to a small...
Mar 21, 2023 · In his two and a half years in police custody, Markus Braun seems to have changed very little. The former Wirecard boss still wears his black turtlenecks. He is as self-confident, polite and...
Dec 8, 2022 · Under Markus Braun, Wirecard became the darling of Germany's tech sector until its disastrous collapse. The former head of disgraced German payment company Wirecard has gone on trial accused of...
Dec 8, 2022 · Markus Braun, the former chief executive, and two other former executives face charges of defrauding creditors of $3.7 billion, through false accounting from 2015 until Wirecard collapsed in...
Jun 7, 2023 · Wirecard chief executive Markus Braun told his general counsel that compliance was “crap” and unnecessary for the now-collapsed German payments group, a panel of judges at Munich District court...
Feb 13, 2023 · Dressed in his trademark black turtleneck and rimless spectacles, Markus Braun, 53, expressed his "deepest regret" over Wirecard's demise but said he had no knowledge of any forgery or ...
