Steven Arons

The real estate company has been trying to hire a new auditor since its previous one, KPMG, quit in May last year.

The seven-country search could plunge the troubled German landlord deeper into crisis.

The decision is the harshest regulatory consequence yet for the firm since Wirecard's demise almost three years ago.

The Brazilian retailer filed for bankruptcy protection after finding billion-dollar "accounting inconsistencies" that artificially boosted profits and reduced its reported liabilities by half.

Cum-Ex siphoned off billions by taking advantage of tax laws that seemed to allow multiple investors to claim refunds of a tax on dividends that was paid only once.

A member of Deutsche Bank AG’s supervisory board faced criticism from lawmakers and the bank itself for suggesting that Wirecard AG go after journalists that had written critical stories about the since-collapsed payments company.

Germany’s financial regulator is considering opening a probe into Grenke AG’s accounting practices, wading deeper into the controversy after criticism of its failure to unearth fraud at Wirecard AG.

Wirecard auditors say ‘elaborate’ fraud led to missing billions