As someone who's worked literally hundreds of white collar crime fraud cases, bank fraud, wire fraud, con games, you name it, whenever I come across a documentary of that type of crime I'm drawn to it. Often times the documentary doesn't do the investigation justice, but over the last two days I had a chance to watch Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard on Netflix and it's an excellent treatment of how a long-running, fraudulent business, was a German FinTech darling when it was actually a fraud scheme all along.
I have to admit, I had never heard of Wirecard until watching this but, for those of you not familiar with them as I wasn't, they were selling themselves as the PayPal, Zelle, etc of Europe. Not to give away too much, but there's all kinds of intrigue. Spies, lots of private investigators, at one point the company had 28 PI's on their payroll looking into reporters and others writing negative articles and short selling their stock, and foreign agents from numerous countries.
As with all cons, even people who think there's something fishy going on, will dismiss their doubts under the misguided thinking that this government agency or that government agency is surely monitoring the company. When I hear that I laugh and promptly think of Bernie Madoff and how the Securities and Exchange Commission wqw asleep at the wheel for years. And take my word for it, there are still fraudulent companies operating as we speak even though our investigative agencies, who should be on the lookout for these, seem to be more interested in solving everything but true crime these days.
If you have Netflix I can strongly recommend this one as it will have you on the edge of your seat the entirety of the film.
About to enter into a large investment, partnership, or other business arrangement? Invest a few dollars and have a background investigation completed of all the principles and have some business intelligence conducted to see if everything that's being presented is really as it's being presented. Our Colorado based professional private investigators will either verify what is being presented as true, or save you from making a large financial mistake that could be devastating. We also have a forensic accountant on staff who can dig through those financials to see if they are a true reporting of the financial health of the company. Call us today to discuss your needs.
Lee Walters
President
EXCALIBUR Private Investigation
719.208.4088
I have to admit, I had never heard of Wirecard until watching this but, for those of you not familiar with them as I wasn't, they were selling themselves as the PayPal, Zelle, etc of Europe. Not to give away too much, but there's all kinds of intrigue. Spies, lots of private investigators, at one point the company had 28 PI's on their payroll looking into reporters and others writing negative articles and short selling their stock, and foreign agents from numerous countries.
As with all cons, even people who think there's something fishy going on, will dismiss their doubts under the misguided thinking that this government agency or that government agency is surely monitoring the company. When I hear that I laugh and promptly think of Bernie Madoff and how the Securities and Exchange Commission wqw asleep at the wheel for years. And take my word for it, there are still fraudulent companies operating as we speak even though our investigative agencies, who should be on the lookout for these, seem to be more interested in solving everything but true crime these days.
If you have Netflix I can strongly recommend this one as it will have you on the edge of your seat the entirety of the film.
About to enter into a large investment, partnership, or other business arrangement? Invest a few dollars and have a background investigation completed of all the principles and have some business intelligence conducted to see if everything that's being presented is really as it's being presented. Our Colorado based professional private investigators will either verify what is being presented as true, or save you from making a large financial mistake that could be devastating. We also have a forensic accountant on staff who can dig through those financials to see if they are a true reporting of the financial health of the company. Call us today to discuss your needs.
Lee Walters
President
EXCALIBUR Private Investigation
719.208.4088
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