Missing Wirecard exec Marsalek under protection of GRU in Moscow
German newspapers are reporting that missing Wirecard
executive Jan Marsalek is being sheltered by Russian secret service agents in
the military-controlled GRU.
Marsalek, who has been missing since his dismissal from
Wirecard in the wake of the discovery of a €1.9 billion black hole in the
payment processor's accounts, is implicated in a number of fraudulent overseas
deals.
Shortly after his removal from the firm last month, Marsalek
was reported to have passed through the Philippines before boarding a flight to
China on June 24. However, the lead was based on bogus immigration records,
forged on Marsalek's behalf and entered in the Philippine airline auhtority's
immigration database.
According to reports from Handelsblatt and Der Spiegel,
Marsalek is actually under the watch of the GRU in a property in the west of
Moscow having instead boarded a flight to Belarus.
The information fits with previous reports that that
Marsalek touted secret documents about the use of a Russian chemical weapon in
the UK, as he bragged of ties to intelligence services to ingratiate himself
with London traders.
Marsalek is also said to have sent large amounts of bitcoin
to Russia from Dubai.
The former head of Wirecard's Dubai unit was arrested
earlier this month in Germany on suspicion of fraud and denied bail.
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