Manila —  Former Wirecard executive Christopher Bauer, one of several people being investigated over a multibillion-dollar fraud at the German payments firm, died in the Philippines in July, the justice ministry confirmed on Thursday.

Bauer died of natural causes in a hospital in the capital Manila on July 27 and was cremated, justice secretary Menardo Guevarra said in a statement quoting official documents submitted to local investigators...

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