Filipino lawyer says he's been framed over Wirecard's missing billions


MANILA/SINGAPORE, June 27 (Reuters) - A Filipino lawyer embroiled in a multi-billion dollar fraud at Wirecard, Mark Tolentino (pic), told Reuters that he was surprised to be linked to the German payments firm and that he was the "victim of a frame-up".

Wirecard went bankrupt earlier this week after disclosing that US$2.1 billion of cash supposed to be in bank accounts in the Philippines probably didn't exist.

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