Germany’s top financial supervisor dismissed a decade of warnings about Wirecard

Re:Germany’s top financial supervisor dismissed a decade of ... by rasz on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:38AM (#23870970)

You are technically not wrong. I mean Hans-Georg Maassen, head of BfV (spy agency), did lose his job. Not after sharing secret information with neo nazis, that wasnt enough. He doubled down by calling fake news at a video showing neo nazis chasing/beating immigrants. Had to leave his BfV presidency ... for a higher paying position at the interior ministry ;-) aka promotion.

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Re:Germany’s top financial supervisor dismissed a decade of ... by s9w on Friday July 17, 2020 @10:55AM (#23871184)

That is not what happened at all.

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Re:Germany’s top financial supervisor dismissed a decade of ... by formerly_proven on Friday July 17, 2020 @12:07PM (#23872018)

That's true and you are getting downvoted incorrectly. At first the interior minister wanted to move him to another equally well-paid position, but due to political backlash and also Maasen insisting there is a "radical left cabal" against him inside the government was retired early, which is still very much a golden parachute, but also the intended way for the government to remove political officials from office.

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Re:Germany’s top financial supervisor dismissed a decade of ... by rasz on Saturday July 18, 2020 @07:04AM (#23880533)

Retired to join law firm he was fighting while heading BfV. Clearly no conflict of interest there.

https://www.dw.com/en/german-ex-spy-chief-maassen-to-join-la...

I hope the revolving door didnt hit him in the ass.

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Re:Germany’s top financial supervisor dismissed a decade of ... by konradha on Friday July 17, 2020 @01:07PM (#23872794)

How so?

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Re:Germany’s top financial supervisor dismissed a decade of ... by s9w on Friday July 17, 2020 @01:42PM (#23873258)

politics is verboten here

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