Deep Read: "Operation Chargeback" - Ex-Wirecard manager makes serious allegations against co-defendants
Two men are talking about the same deals and warning signs. One sees a legal high-risk business – the other a suspected global fraud. Now a massive trial is looming.
Martin D., a 43-year-old inmate at JVA Frankenthal, has revealed new information in a key economic crime case. According to a police interrogation transcript, D. claims to have discovered a fraud model in the case files that investigators had missed. The case, known as "Operation Chargeback", involves alleged credit card fraudsters who may have infiltrated the German financial market over several years.
In November 2025, authorities searched over 60 locations in nine countries, arresting 18 people, and there are now 44 suspects. The alleged fraudsters may have used companies like Wirecard, Payone, Heidelpay, and Concardis to carry out over 18 million unauthorized subscriptions, swindling over three million people out of more than 260 million euros.
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