Germany’s finance ministry dropped ball in Wirecard scandal

London — The main responsibility for the failure to pursue alleged irregularities at Wirecard lies with the German finance ministry, and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office was also at fault, according to an opposition legislator. Members of the Bundestag’s finance committee continued grilling government and supervisory officials this week over Wirecard, including a top Merkel adviser and the head of financial market regulator BaFin. They want to know why authorities...