Wirecard Ex-CEO Faces Lawmaker Reprisal Over Testimony Snub
- Marks Braun will have to testify again, Greens lawmaker says
- Former CEO refused to go beyond brief statement at hearing
Markus Braun stonewalled by claiming his right to silence at a hearing in Berlin on Nov. 19.
Photographer: Filip Singer/Getty Images
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Wirecard AG’s former chief executive officer is set to be called back to testify to a parliamentary investigative committee and could face legal retribution over his refusal to answer lawmakers’ questions.
At a hearing in Berlin on Thursday, Markus Braun read out a brief statement and then stonewalled by claiming his right to silence. It was his first public appearance since his July detention in connection with the collapse of the electronic payments company.