SKANDAL is a crazy story. The story of the German company Wirecard which was nominally set up to move money around. It grew exponentially into a financial juggernaut worth billions. The problem was that if anyone looked there was literally nothing to the company.
One part crime drama and one part thriller this is a look into the shadowy world of financial manipulation of the stock market that mad many people rich and bankrupted others. It’s a crazy ass tale where everyone was spying on everyone else, and for a brief period the good guys looking into the business were viewed as bad guys. I was captivated.
And lest you think that this will require an accounting degree, it really doesn’t, partly because they explain everything so perfectly that anyone can understand it, and secondly because ultimately there is nothing going on. Wirecard was simply a shell created by good PR and stock manipulation.
Highly recommended, this is a great deal of fun.
You must see Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard if you are a real crime and espionage illuminati. If you enjoyed reading the epic fact based spy thriller "Beyond Enkription" in The Burlington Files series you should love watching James Erskine’s Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard on Netflix and vice versa. The Burlington Files was about a British Chartered Accountant (MI6 codename JJ, aka Edward Burlington) who was employed by Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) in the seventies.
ReplyDeleteHe was one of Pemberton’s People in MI6 and unwittingly started working for them and infiltrating international organised crime gangs and then got good at it. His bio makes most investigative journalists jealous! If you are an espionage aficionado or an aspiring investigative journalist the raw and noir thriller Beyond Enkription is a must read. For starters, see the brief News Article dated 31 October 2022 in TheBurlingtonFiles website.
You must see Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard if you are a real crime and espionage illuminati. If you enjoyed reading the epic fact based spy thriller "Beyond Enkription" in The Burlington Files series you should love watching James Erskine’s Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard on Netflix and vice versa. The Burlington Files was about a British Chartered Accountant (MI6 codename JJ, aka Edward Burlington) who was employed by Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) in the seventies.
ReplyDeleteHe was one of Pemberton’s People in MI6 and unwittingly started working for them and infiltrating international organised crime gangs and then got good at it. His bio makes most investigative journalists jealous! If you are an espionage aficionado or an aspiring investigative journalist the raw and noir thriller Beyond Enkription is a must read. For starters, see the brief News Article dated 31 October 2022 in TheBurlingtonFiles website.