The manager went into hiding about three years ago.
(Photo: dpa)
Dusseldorf Former Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek commented in a several-page letter on the Munich trial about the billion-euro fraud at the former Dax group. The district court Munich I and the Munich public prosecutor’s office have confirmed this to the Handelsblatt. First, the “Wirtschaftswoche” reported on the document.
The letter was apparently written by lawyer Frank Eckstein on behalf of his client. Wirecard collapsed in June 2020 after the payment service provider had to admit that alleged trust assets of 1.9 billion euros were missing. Marsalek has been on the run ever since and is believed to be in Russia.
Marsalek is apparently following the Munich trial in the largest fraud case in German post-war history with keen interest. It is unclear why he is now venturing out of cover. What is certain is that his letter was received by the 4th Criminal Chamber at an explosive time – and that his former boss should be particularly pleased.
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