A whistleblower’s dilemma in the house of wirecard (A)

• Main Authors: VADERA, Abhijeet K., CHEAH, Sin Mei, KACHROO, Mahima
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: whistleblowing; business ethics; fraud; white-collar crime; organizational behavior; organisational behaviour; fintech; Business Law, Public Responsibility, and Ethics; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/467; https://smu.sharepoint.com/sites/admin/CMP/cases/SMU-23-BATCH%20%5BPDF-Pic%5D/SMU-23-0013%20%5BWirecard%5D/SMU-23-0013%20%5BWirecard%20A%5D.pdf?CT=1692007346263&OR=ItemsView
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The two-part case follows the story of Pav Gill, the whistleblower who helped uncover one of Europe’s largest corporate frauds at Wirecard, the German fintech that went bankrupt in 2020. Founded in 1999, Wirecard grew from an inconspicuous company to a listed firm on the blue-chip DAX, Germany’s mai...