Former Wirecard boss: Marsalek laundered oligarchs’ millions for the Kremlin | policy

London – Wirecard fraudster and Putin agent Jan Marsalek (45) has again come to the attention of international investigators. According to information from the Financial Times, the former manager who fled to Moscow is said to have helped Russian oligarchs evade sanctions through the Kremlin’s financial network.

The “TGR” network is at the center of an investigation by the British Criminal Investigation Agency (NCA). There should be a majority in Keremet bank purchased in Kyrgyzstan – an institution approved by the United States.

Money laundering and war financing and espionage

According to a recent NCA report, the bank acts as a money laundering center for drug transactions and to avoid Western transactions Sanctions. The structure is said to have converted cash from drug trafficking and other crimes into cryptocurrency. The money also appears to have flowed to Russian defense and technology companies, and thus indirectly into the country War against Ukraine.

The “Financial Times” further reported that the Russian secret service used the network to… Marshalek to finance a Bulgarian spy network. The former Wirecard manager fled to Moscow after the financial group collapsed in June 2020 – and has been acting on behalf of the Russian secret service since then.

A total of £25 million (€28.3 million) was seized in a raid on a money laundering network

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Investigators found a bag of money

Investigators found a bag of money

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Austria wants to revoke Marsalek’s citizenship

As part of an international investigation called “Operation Destabilization”, so far 128 suspects have been arrested in several countries – including the United States, France, Spain and Ireland. In the UK, the NCA seized more than 25 million pounds (28.3 million euros) in cash and Crypto currency.

Valuables such as this gold Rolex were also confiscated

Valuables such as this gold Rolex were also confiscated

Photo: Polda Metro Jaya/PA Media/dpa

Marsalek himself is now also under pressure in Austria. According to the Reuters news agency, the Interior Ministry in Vienna is conducting an inspection wire card-Revoke the fraudster’s citizenship due to his alleged activities for a foreign intelligence agency.