'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
BeltonNow 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.
