The Irish chapter of the Wirecard saga may remain unresolved as the joint liquidators can't proceed against former group COO Jan Marsalek, an international fugitive and alleged Russian spy.
The Revenue Commissioners has repaid the Irish arm of collapsed payments group Wirecard millions of euros in withheld corporation tax.
Wirecard’s failed Irish business is embroiled in a legal tussle with the Irish tax authority. At stake is tens of millions of euro in withheld corporation tax refunds.
For five hours, I frantically flipped through the pages following Dan McCrum's wild goose chase across Europe and Asia investigating Wirecard. I finished the book a lot more pessimistic about our world than I was when I started it.
Liquidators for the Irish arm of Wirecard have submitted the bill for the first phase of winding up the company.
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