Wirecard: amazement over Russian tweet about Marsalek

In a meeting of the German Bundestag’s committee of inquiry into the Wirecard scandal, a tweet from the Russian Foreign Ministry caused a sensation today. It is also about one of the key figures in the balance sheet fraud scandal, former Wirecard sales director Jan Marsalek, who went into hiding.

The spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Sakharova, wrote on the short message service Twitter that the investigation into the insolvency of Wirecard in Germany in 2020 was continuing: “The speculation about the allegedly close relationship between the managing director J. Marsalek and the special services of Russia is causing confusion . We warn Germany against politicizing this story. “

Speculation about whereabouts

The SPD chairman in the committee of inquiry, Jens Zimmermann, read the tweet in the committee. What exactly the Russian Foreign Ministry was referring to is unclear. A representative of the Chancellery had previously been asked in a closed meeting whether the Chancellery knew where Marsalek was.

SPD chairman Zimmerman told the dpa: “Today’s statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry is bursting like a bomb in the deliberations of the Wirecard investigative committee.” Connections from Marsalek to Russia have been in the room for a long time, as has speculation about his whereabouts, said Zimmermann. “Why the Russian government is now forced to take this step raises new questions. Instead of a clear rejection of possible connections, the Bundestag is apparently to be intimidated in its clarification.