The insolvency administrator for the collapsed payment service provider Wirecard is demanding around €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) in damages from the international auditing firm Ernst and Young, which goes by the initials EY. The lawsuit was filed at the Stuttgart regional court on December 20th, a spokesman said on Friday. It was filed there because EY is based in Stuttgart. Neither EY nor a spokesman for the insolvency administrator wanted to comment on the case on Friday. The insolvency admini