SINGAPORE – A former director of Wirecard Asia was extradited to Germany on March 30, following her arrest in Singapore in November 2025 as part of a global operation that netted more than a dozen suspects linked to fraud syndicates.
Brigitte Hauser-Axtner, 49, was arrested on Nov 4, 2025, by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) during the worldwide operation targeting alleged fraud and money laundering networks that exploited German payment service providers.
The German national was wanted in her home country for alleged criminal organisation, computer fraud and money laundering offences linked to the Wirecard Group, said the SPF in a statement on March 31.
Singapore received a request by Germany to arrest the woman on Oct 24, 2025. With a warrant granted by the Singapore courts on Nov 3, 2025, the police made the arrest the following day.
At the time of her arrest, she was an employment pass holder, but working for an unrelated company, the police added. She was held in custody without bail as the Singapore authorities waited for their German counterparts to submit a formal request for extradition.
Singapore has a bilateral extradition treaty with Germany that requires both countries to agree to the reciprocal handing over of fugitives in “the interest of law and order”. The two countries must also find such an arrangement mutually beneficial, according to a Singapore parliamentary reply in 2016.
On Dec 24, 2025, the Republic received a formal request from Germany to extradite Hauser-Axtner, and on Feb 10, she consented to being sent back. While waiting for her extradition, she was in custody in prison, the SPF said.
