Report Claims Lacking Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek is in Russia, Transferred Important Sums from Dubai in Bitcoin

A report in German newspaper Handelsblatt claims that Jan Marsalek, Wirecard‘s former COO who is seemingly on the run in gentle of the collapse of the as soon as outstanding Fintech, is alleged to be hiding out in Russia.

The report references within the know people who claimed that Marsalek is hiding out in a home west of Moscow below the management of the Russian GRU. Moreover, Marsalek, a 40-year-old initially from Austria, is alleged to have transferred vital sums in Bitcoin from Dubai to Russia as a part of his escape plan.

The GRU (GU) is Russia’s largest international intelligence company. Earlier reviews had solid Marsalek in a mysterious gentle as he was mentioned to have claimed relationships with international intelligence companies. Initially, it was thought Marsalek had absconded to someplace in Asia however this may increasingly have been a whole ruse to throw off investigators.

A report within the Each day Mail signifies Marsalek could also be below investigation by at the very least three separate western intelligence companies attributable to his alleged ties to the GRU. Marsalek is clearly a key individual of curiosity within the fraud allegations surrounding Wirecard.

Marsalek allegedly first went to Belarus however then was shuttled off to Russia by the GRU.

Wirecard (WDI:DE) entered into insolvency proceedings following the revelation that €1.9 billion had gone lacking. The chapter submitting has precipitated shares in Wirecard, at the moment a part of the DAX, to plunge from over €100 to below €2 a share wiping out an unimaginable quantity of shareholder worth.