Jan Marsalek, a fugitive former executive of Wirecard, has been implicated in running Russian spy operations across Europe, including espionage and plotting break-ins and assassinations by elite Russian hit squads. Investigations reveal that Marsalek, with the help of former Austrian intelligence officer Egisto Ott, used compromised intelligence officials in Vienna to target European citizens and sent a NATO government's cryptography machine to the FSB. Among the targets were an FSB deserter, a former banker, and journalist Christo Grozev. The Austrian ruling Greens party has accused the far-right Freedom Party of facilitating Russian espionage activities. This scandal adds to the concerns surrounding Wirecard, previously lauded in Europe's fintech scene before being exposed as a fraud.
🚨🤯 “the revelations add to concerns that Wirecard, a payment processing company that was once the darling of Europe’s fintech scene - before being exposed as a fraud by the FT - may for years have been used as a shadow financial network to pay and facilitate Russian undercover…
This guy is a legend. "Fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek used compromised intelligence officials in Vienna to spy on European citizens and plot break-ins and assassinations by elite Russian hit squads." https://t.co/hUmY9jCy66
Wirecard fugitive helped run Russian spy operations across Europe https://t.co/4ojh91AsIE via @ft "Fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek used compromised intelligence officials in Vienna to spy on European citizens and plot break-ins and assassinations by elite Russian hit squads.…
⚠️ AUSTRIAN RULING PARTY ACCUSES FAR RIGHT OF ENABLING RUSSIAN SPYING Full Story → https://t.co/0JaQexdwRy Austria's ruling Greens party accused the far-right Freedom Party of enabling Russian espionage on Friday as a scandal involving a fugitive former executive of failed…
Wirecard fugitive helped run Russian spy operations across Europe https://t.co/flswHOIZPy via @ft
The story that keeps on giving: Wirecard fugitive helped run Russian spy operations across Europe via @FT https://t.co/HLmUDH7mJI
Fugitive Wirecard COO Jan Marsalek used compromised intelligence officials in Vienna to spy on European citizens and plot break-ins & assassinations by elite Russian hit squads. He also sent a NATO government’s cutting-edge cryptography machine to the FSB. https://t.co/CSMOKZnfjM https://t.co/cabKpdsw20
Wirecard fugitive helped run Russian spy operations across Europe https://t.co/uFmTE0Zhkg
The former Austrian intelligence officer Egisto Ott is said to have spied on people for #Russia, providing Moscow with sensitive information. Among them: an FSB deserter, a former banker and @christogrozev, whose apartment in Vienna was then broken into. https://t.co/30HoGHVudW
News: Fugitive former Wirecard executive and Russian spy Jan Marsalek had the flat of SPIEGEL-journalist @christogrozev broken into. By @romanlehberger @fabian_schmid @derspiegel https://t.co/e3U81cXAHc
News🔥Austrian ex-intelligence officer Egisto O. is suspected of spying for #Russia. In November 2022 an encrypted laptop ended up with the FSB in Moscow. The delivery was apparently organized by Jan Marsalek - with help from #Berlin. Our report: https://t.co/h9G6lnvdw1 #Austria
#Austria to convene national security council over Russian spying - Chancellor Karl Nehammer "Russian spy networks threaten our country by infiltrating or exploiting political parties or associations," he said. The council will be convened after the detention of Egisto Ott, a… https://t.co/WDU69AtD2l