NEW YORK: US officials are examining whether scandal-ridden Wirecard played a key role in an alleged bank fraud conspiracy connected to an online marijuana marketplace, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the US Attorney’s office in New York City are examining the disgraced German fintech company’s possible connection to two principals behind the Online Marijuana Marketplace Company who were indicted in March, the newspaper reported, citing unnamed sources.

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