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原标题：Wirecard collapses owing creditors $4 billion

报道：Douglas Busvine

编辑：Maria Sheahan及David Clarke

BERLIN/MUNICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German payments company Wirecard collapsed on Thursday after disclosing a massive financial hole in its books, leaving creditors owed nearly $4 billion facing an almost complete wipeout.

柏林/慕尼黑/法兰克福-德国支付公司Wirecard于周四倒闭，此前该公司表露其账簿上存在伟大年夜的财务破绽，致使债权人丧掉近40亿美元，其资产险些整个被清算。

The implosion of the fintech company comes less than two years after it won admission to Germany’s prestigious DAX stock index. Worth $28 billion at its peak, Wirecard becomes the first DAX company to go out of business.

这家金融科技公司的倒闭发生在它进入德国DAX指数的不到两年光阴内。Wirecard成为第一家倒闭的DAX公司，其在壮盛时期市值达到280亿美元。

Shares in Wirecard plummeted 80% to their lowest since January 2006 after the company said it was filing for insolvency.

在该公司表指正在申请破产后，Wirecard的股价暴跌80％至2006年1月以来的最低点。

Wirecard’s sudden demise leaves creditors owed 3.5 billion euros ($3.9 billion), a source close to talks with creditors said. Of that amount, it has borrowed 1.75 billion euros from 15 banks and 500 million euros from bond investors.

一位与债权人会谈的消息人士称，Wirecard的忽然终止使债权人丧掉35亿欧元。此中，它从15家银行借了17.5亿欧元，从债券投资者借了5亿欧元。

“The money is gone,” said a source at one lender. “We may recoup a few euros in a couple of years, but will write off the loan now.”

“这笔钱不见了，”一位贷方的消息人士称，“我们可能会在几年内收回一部分金额，但现在将注销该贷款。”

Shares were suspended for 60 minutes by the Frankfurt Stock Exchange before the announcement. They have now lost 98% since auditor EY refused to sign the 2019 accounts last week, forcing out long-time CEO Markus Braun.

看护布告宣布前，该股票在法兰克福证券买卖营业所停息了60分钟。自安永上周回绝签署2019年审计账户以来，股价已经丧掉了98％，迫使经久首席履行官Markus Braun被迫离职。

EY has audited Wirecard’s accounts for more than a decade.

安永已经审计Wirecard的帐户跨越十年。

Wirecard said in a two-paragraph statement that its new management had decided to apply for insolvency at a Munich court “due to impending insolvency and over-indebtedness”.

Wirecard在一份两段声明中说，其新治理层已抉择“基于即将破产和负债累累”而向慕尼黑法院申请破产。

It was also evaluating whether to file for insolvency proceedings for its subsidiaries.

该公司也正在评估是否为其子公司申请破产法度榜样。

The source close to talks with creditors said that although the company had a healthy core, about two-thirds of its sales had been faked in its accounts.

靠近与债权人会商的消息人士说，只管该公司的核心营业很康健，但约有三分之二的贩卖额是假的。

“There is no way that they could repay their total debt of 3.5 billion euros with that core, notwithstanding all the legal challenges ahead of them,” the source said on condition of anonymity.

消息人士称：“只管面临司法寻衅，他们仍无法用核心营业来了偿35亿欧元的债务。”

The Munich prosecutor’s office, which is already investigating Braun on suspicion of misrepresenting Wirecard’s accounts and of market manipulation, said: “We will now look at all possible criminal offences.”

慕尼黑查察官办公室已经在查询造访布Braun，其涉嫌污蔑Wirecard帐户和市场操纵行径，他说：“我们现在将检察所有可能的刑事犯罪。”

Braun has been freed on bail of 5 million euros and remains a suspect. Former chief operating officer Jan Marsalek is also under suspicion and is believed to be in the Philippines, according to justice officials there.

Braun已得到500万欧元的保释，但仍是犯罪嫌疑人。菲律宾执法官员也表示，前首席运营官Jan Marsalek也受到狐疑，据信该人在菲律宾。