Wirecard scandal: Bundestag wants answers from government
02 August 2020 |
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The German parliament's finance committee has convened a special session to question two of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet ministers about their knowledge of Wirecard's multibillion-euro alleged fraud.
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