A folder with mug shots of former Wirecard board member Jan Masalek
A folder with mug shots of former Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek at the committee of inquiry into the Wirecard AG accounting scandal on March 19, 2021, in Berlin, Germany.
  • Jan Marsalek spent 10 years as the COO of the payment-processing giant Wirecard, from 2010 to 2020.
  • During that time, he likely worked as a Russian agent, sources told The Wall Street Journal.
  • The 43-year-old Austrian is now one of the most-wanted men by Interpol.

A fugitive Wirecard executive likely spent almost 10 years as an agent for the Russian government, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.