The judge is running out of patience and the defendant is running out of money

Stephan E., former chief accountant of the Aschheim-based payment service provider and third defendant in the Wirecard trial, will probably have to confess. Otherwise, he could face a lengthy prison sentence if convicted. Even with a confession, he considers a prison sentence of up to two years to be “illusory,” said presiding judge Markus Födisch on Wednesday in the Stadelheim courtroom.