Russian agent 'wanted successful UK operation after Skripal'
Austrian Jan Marsalek acted as a Russian agent and gave instructions to a UK-based spy cell, a court hears
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Jan Marsalek is an Austrian fugitive former businessman and suspected spy operative for Russia. From 2010 to 2020, he was chief operating officer of the German payment processing firm Wirecard, which became insolvent and collapsed in 2020. Marsalek was responsible for Wirecard's business in Asia, where the company admitted that nearly €2 billion in cash it supposedly held did not exist.
Austrian Jan Marsalek acted as a Russian agent and gave instructions to a UK-based spy cell, a court hears