[md_]

I have not yet read the above linked article, so maybe it already says (or refutes) this, but the long-held rumor was that Wirecard was a useful mechanism for Russians to move around dark money--e.g. for sanctions evasion or payola.

[hef19898]

Don't forget money laundering. It is just tad too high profile for my, compketely unprofessional, taste. Worked long enough so, didn't it?