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Criminal case

Investigation following a BaFin complaint against several people

Authority: Staatsanwaltschaft München I (Munich public prosecutor)
Case number: Not published
Filed or opened: 2019
Organization: Wirecard AG
Current stage: Closed as to the two journalists
Outcome: Closed for the journalists. Probe into possible short sellers reported as continuing at that date.

Decisions and steps

3 September 2020Probe into two FT journalists closed, as reported by AP^S5.

Claims this case bears on

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After a BaFin criminal complaint, Munich prosecutors were investigating two Financial Times journalists over suspected securities law violations linked to their Wirecard reporting.
Press report, 3 September 20202 records citedMarket conduct

Sources

S5Tier C German prosecutors drop probe of journalists over WirecardAssociated Press (published by 1010 WINS). Press report. 3 September 2020.Reports the BaFin complaint and the closure of the probe into two FT journalists. It is a wire account, not the prosecutor's notice.Link working, checked 25 October 2026