Sorry Davef - but I couldn’t help myself …feck me ..this guy looks like robocop
I was monitoring this news but I stopped because it appeared it did not have more updates and it became boring. However, agreed! It will certainly get juicy because it was also speculated that there was 1.938 billion in euros that was deposited by one of the trustees to 6 bank accounts in 2 Philippine banks. The banks denied receiving this, however and said that that Wirecard was not a customer. This makes it appear that the trustee used different names not under Wirecard to open those bank accounts to launder the money. It would not be very shocking if there were bank employees helping the trustee to launder the money.
A financial scandal has rocked Germany as its fintech darling comes crashing following revelations some $2.1 billion, about a quarter of its assets, has gone missing.
Fingers are now being pointed towards Mark Kristopher G. Tolentino (pictured), the so called “Trustee 2” who managed this money and apparently is not responding.
According to a mainstream German daily, after being appointed as trustee in late 2019 Tolentino is said to have opened six accounts for Wirecard with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) and BDO Unibank.
“He is said to have deposited 393.5 million euros for Wirecard UK & Ireland Ltd. For Wirecard Technology GmbH it was 400.5 million. 30 million for Wirecard AG, 20 million for Wirecard Sales International GmbH and finally almost 1.1 billion for the subsidiary Cardsystem Middle East FZ LLC. In total: 1.938 billion euros,” they say.
When KPMG auditors went to talk to these banks however, BPI told them there are no business relationships with Wirecard, while BDO said Wirecard is not a customer.
The two banks further said the money could not be found, with the Philippines central bank also saying this two billion “never reached the Philippine financial system.” If it had, they would have noticed it as it would amount to 5% of all foreign currency deposits they said.
Wirecard is a financial company founded in 1999 that through a subsidiary was also an issuer for crypto payment card providers Crypto.com and TenX.
FT alleged in January 2019 that a senior executive was suspected of “falsification of accounts” and “money laundering,” with Wirecard launching a lawsuit in response for “unethical reporting” and market manipulation.
Source https://www.trustnodes.com/2020/06/21/mark-tolentino-the-2-1-billion-wirecard-thief