'The financial investigation of the decade... Money Men instantly enters the canon of great
financial crime books' Bradley Hope author of The Billion Dollar Whale 'A rip-roaring ride
into the underworld of the global economy' Tom Burgis author of Kleptopia ' Required
reading' The Economist 'A cross between the Enron scandal and Rosemary's Baby' John
Lanchester London Review of Books ' Reads like a crime drama' New Statesman 'The
culmination of years of careful investigative work... Gripping' Evening Standard 'A
thrilling head-spinning book' Irish Times 'A rollercoaster read that reveals everything
that's wrong with our financial system' Catherine Belton Now adapted as the Netflix
documentary Skandal! this is the stranger-than-fiction story of Wirecard once a $30 billion
tech darling now a smouldering wreck by the journalist who brought it crashing down - perfect
for those who loved Bad Blood and Empire of Pain . When journalist Dan McCrum followed a tip
to investigate the hot new tech company challenging Silicon Valley everything about Wirecard
looked a little too good to be true: offices were sprouting up around the world it was
reporting runaway growth and the CEO even wore a black turtleneck in tribute to Steve Jobs. In
the space of a few short years the company had come from nowhere to overtake industry giants
like Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank on the stock market. As McCrum dug deeper he encountered a
story stranger and more dangerous than he ever imagined: a world of short sellers and
whistleblowers pornographers and private militias hackers and spies. Before long he realised
that he wasn't the only one in pursuit. Shadowy figures were following him through the streets
of London high-flying lawyers were sending ominous letters to his boss and he was named as
the prime suspect in a criminal inquiry. The race was on to prove his suspicions and clear his
name. Money Men is the astonishing true story of Wirecard's multi-billion-dollar fraud
Europe's biggest new tech darling revealed as a house of cards. Uncovering fake bank accounts
fake offices and possibly even a fake death McCrum offers a searing exposé that will finally
lay bare the truth.
