Jan Marsalek has been on the run since the payment service provider collapsed. He is considered the central figure in the billion dollar fraud.
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Munich According to a newspaper report, the German judiciary has made a request for legal assistance to the Russian government in the case of the fugitive former Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek. The goal is Marsalek’s extradition, reported “Bild”, citing government circles on Tuesday. The Munich public prosecutor sent a request for arrest to the Kremlin before Easter. In it, the investigators demanded that the Russian judiciary take Marsalek, who is wanted worldwide, from a hiding place in Moscow, arrest him and extradite him to Germany. The request contains Marsalek’s exact escape location from January 2021.
In mid-March, the Munich I public prosecutor brought charges against ex-Wirecard boss Markus Braun in connection with the collapse of the payment processor almost two years ago.
Braun has been in custody since July 2020 and rejects the allegations. He presents himself as the victim of his board colleague and confidant Marsalek. Wirecard, which was listed in the Dax 30 at the time, had to file for bankruptcy in June 2020 due to a balance sheet hole of 1.9 billion euros.
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