Dan McCrum is a member of the Financial Times investigations team. His reporting on Wirecard has been recognised with prizes from the London Press Club, the Society of Editors, the New York Financial Writers' Association, the Overseas Press Club, and the Gerald Loeb awards. He was also awarded the Ludwig Erhard Prize for economic journalism, a Reporters Forum Reporterpreis and a special award by the Helmut Schmidt prize jury for investigative journalism. In 2020, he was named Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards.
Dan McCrum's deep dive into Wirecard was the financial
investigation of the decade. Money Men tells the story
from inside Wirecard's headquarters with entertaining drama and
verve, but it also unspools the high-stakes reporting process
McCrum and his colleagues carried out at the Financial Times
against the odds. It instantly enters the canon of great
financial crime books. -- Bradley Hope, co-author of New
York Times bestseller Billion Dollar Whale
A milestone in the history of investigative journalism. --
Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany, awarding the Reporters Forum
Reporterpreis
Money Men is a rip-roaring ride into the underworld of the global
economy. Dan McCrum is a proper reporter: there is no threat, con
trick or hangover that will stand in his way. In today's
pandemic of lies, courageous journalism like this is the
medicine. -- Tom Burgis, Sunday Times bestselling author
of Kleptopia
This behind-the-scenes look into the years of work and the
persistence that was required to topple Wirecard is nothing
short of incredible. * AltFi *
A fantastic book. Think of Dan as a bespectacled James Bond with
a keyboard instead of a gun. * Steve Clapham, author of The
Smart Money Method *
Wirecard might still be one of Europe's most feted tech firms,
were it not for a small band of sceptics - including Dan
McCrum... Wirecard fought back viciously and dirtily ... Money Men
should be required reading for investors and financial regulators.
It is a compelling case study of a seemingly eternal truth:
when a business is built on lies, there are always clues. -- A Book
of the Year * Economist *
Book of the week * MoneyWeek *
The culmination of years of careful investigative work... A
gripping tale. * Evening Standard *
A thrilling, head-spinning book... Money Men hugely
rewards the reader when you get the scoop alongside McCrum - you
are close to punching the air... A fine testament to the
importance of quality journalism. * Irish Times *
The best book I read this year was Money Men... It reads
like a thriller as he painstakingly exposes the tissue of lies,
false accounting and mythical acquisitions that lie behind the
company's respectable facade... Brilliant stuff. -- Books of
the Year * The Tablet *
Well worth your time -- Richard Fletcher * The Times *
A fraud so audacious it took the company's auditor, Ernst &
Young, years to believe it... McCrum's account may read like a
crime drama, but really it is a testament to old-school
reporting... At a time when social media is increasingly causing
facts to be regarded as beside the point, it is a reminder that
the truth is always worth chasing. * New Statesman *
McCrum was more responsible than anyone else for the exposure
and eventual collapse of the hugely fraudulent payment company... A
cross between the Enron scandal and Rosemary's Baby. -- John
Lanchester * London Review of Books *
What a wild ride! Going head to head with powerful
executives, their teams of lawyers and intelligence operatives, Dan
McCrum has uncovered one of the biggest economic scandals in
Europe. Money Men reads like a thriller, but it's all true. --
Frederik Obermaier, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and co-author
of The Panama Papers
Money Men is a rollercoaster read that reveals everything
that's wrong with our financial system. Dan McCrum and his
colleagues at the FT deserve medals for their tenacious battle to
expose the dark heart of Wirecard - the enormous fraud and money
laundering machine with shadowy ties. -- Catherine Belton, author
of Putin's People
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