Investigative journalists uncover that Jan Marsalek, a fugitive financier wanted since 2020 for financial fraud, is living in Moscow under a false identity and spying for Russia.
Jan Marsalek, an Austrian citizen, has been an international fugitive since 2020 for financial fraud. An investigative team from Germany, Austria, the USA, and Russia found that Marsalek is currently in Moscow under a false identity.
Marsalek used at least six false names and possessed Belgian and Russian documents. He was often near the headquarters of the Russian Federal Security Service. Sources confirmed that Marsalek fought in the Ukraine war on Russia’s side and traveled multiple times to the occupied Crimean Peninsula.
Marsalek became a spy working for the Kremlin. Journalists obtained a photo of him in a military uniform with a Russian war symbol.
Marsalek was the former Chief Financial Officer of the German company Wirecard, a financial services and technology provider. The company’s collapse in 2020 was one of Germany’s largest economic scandals. German authorities had sought his whereabouts but to no avail, prompting them to seek assistance from Russia, which claims to have no information on his current location.
