using System;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var recordValue = @"A+\&+B+Ford+Sales+Ltd";

        var wildcardValue = @"*A+&+B+Ford+Sales+Ltd*";

        Console.WriteLine(ValueMatches(recordValue, wildcardValue));

    }

        // made this a mehtod so commas always get replaced with the same things, ensuring that resulting strings compare properly

        private static string RemoveCommas(string s)

        {

            return s.Replace(",","");

        }

        // made this a method so & always get replaced with the \&, ensuring that resulting strings compare properly

        private static string ReplaceAmpersand(string s)

        {

            return s.Replace("&",@"\&");

        }

​

        private static bool ValueMatches(string value, string substring)

        {

            value = RemoveCommas(value);

            substring = ReplaceAmpersand(substring);

            if (substring.StartsWith("*") && substring.EndsWith("*"))

            {

                return value.Contains(substring.Trim('*').Trim());

            }

            if (substring.StartsWith("*"))

            {

                return value.EndsWith(substring.TrimStart('*').TrimStart());

            }

            if (substring.EndsWith("*"))

            {

                return value.StartsWith(substring.TrimEnd('*').TrimEnd());

            }

            return false;

        }

}