According to a media report, Jan Marsalek, the long-standing board member of Wirecard, a financial services provider involved in a financial scandal, will not face the judiciary. This was reported on Monday by the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, NDR and WDR, referring to those involved in the process. Marsalek had had his lawyer say last week that he would come to Munich to be questioned there. This should not happen now.
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Neither the Munich public prosecutor’s office nor his defense counsel initially commented on the report. The Austrian Marsalek you are looking for may be in China. Filipino Justice Minister Menardo Guevarra said Marsalek entered the Philippines last week and left the country shortly afterwards for China.
Wirecard had admitted that the annual balance sheet lacked 1.9 billion euros, which were supposed to be in accounts with two Philippine banks. According to their own statements, the banks in question do not know anything about the accounts and describe the associated documents as forged. The share price of the Dax group crashed, the company filed for bankruptcy. Ex-Wirecard boss Markus Braun has already turned to the judiciary.
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