In the Episode, I am joined by Mikhail Reider-Gordon, Managing Director of Institutional Ethics & Integrity at Affiliated Monitors.  Mikhail’s areas of expertise include technology, privacy, cybersecurity, IP and accountability in artificial intelligence; the global anti-corruption and anti-money laundering regimes; media & entertainment; biotech and the life sciences; the public sector and international law.  She is accustomed to working on extremely sensitive and high-profile matters, both nationally and internationally. In this episode, we continue our multipart series on the Wirecard accounting fraud. Today, we begin a two-part exploration of the role of money-laundering in the Wirecard saga.

Some of the highlights include:

·       How money laundering works?

·       What is threat finance?

·       Other examples of German corporate fraud?

·       Why 2006 was such an important year in anti-money laundering?

·       How Wirecard made money through money laundering.

·       The risk related business model used by Wirecard.