Climax in the billion-dollar process: mastermind or victim? Wirecard boss speaks in court for the first time

– Mastermind or Victim? Wirecard boss speaks in court for the first time

So far he has been silent: Markus Braun, former thinker and doer behind the German financial miracle Wirecard. Now he speaks – and rejects all guilt.

John Bauer, Stephan Radomsky

Published: 02/13/2023, 21:34

Central figure in a gigantic fraud case: the former Wirecard boss Markus Braun in court.

Photo: Angelika Warmuth (Keystone)

On the outside, everything is the same as always with Markus Braun: dark suit, dark turtleneck, rimless glasses. Nevertheless, everything is different in the Wirecard process this Monday. Because today Braun, the former boss of the scandalous company, is speaking in detail in public for the first time since the sinking. And right from the start he makes it clear who is not to blame for the billion-dollar collapse: he.