Agent of Chaos: The Austrian Fugitive Running Russia’s Global Spy Networks

Today he’s one of the most wanted men in the world, but before Jan Marsalek fled to Russia, he was the COO of payment-processing firm Wirecard.

Officials and investigators say Marsalek used the company to finance Moscow’s covert operations and spy networks in Africa and Europe. In 2020, nearly €2 billion vanished from Wirecard, along with Marsalek. Financial Times reporter Sam Jones has been uncovering new details through his reporting on Season 3 of Hot Money: Agent of Chaos.

To hear more, listen to Season 3 of Hot Money: Agent of Chaos on Apple (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hot-money-agent-…), Spotify (open.spotify.com/show/2EU1S3kZdhPp1RgscY473O?s…), or wherever you get your podcasts (pushkin.fm/podcasts/hot-money).

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