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Wirecard fraud scandal: Who failed when and why?

Germany's financial regulator BaFin and auditor EY face questions over their failure to uncover an accounting scandal at Wirecard. DW spoke to Danyal Bayaz, Parliamentary Inquiry spokesperson for the Green Party.

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