The mystery of the whereabouts of the former Wirecard Board, Jan Marsalek are getting bigger and bigger. The data entry of the Austrian in the Philippines on 23. To attend June and the trip to China the next day, tracks were counterfeit, said Secretary of justice Menardo Guevarra on Saturday. According to Guevarras not clear from the recordings of surveillance cameras, directories, airlines, and other documents that Marsalek was on these days in the Philippines.
“The officials of the immigration authority, which have made these fictitious entries were relieved of their duties and must now face administrative punishments,” said Guevarra more, without mentioning the exact number of employees. He had arranged for further investigation in the case.
The 40-year-old Marsalek is on the run after Wirecard unveiled a balance sheet hole of 1.9 billion euros, dismissed him, and files for bankruptcy. He was for the Asia-business of Wirecard, which is in the centre of the balance-sheet scandal.
‘loopholes’ in the island state
The close Confidante of chief Executive, Markus brown, like his colleagues on the Board, under suspicion of accounting fraud, market manipulation and fraud. Against him a warrant of the public Prosecutor’s office in Munich is located.
Guevarra had already spoken shortly after the alleged entry of Mars Aleks of abnormalities, because the Manager was not seen on any surveillance camera at the airport. Nevertheless, he could not completely exclude that Marsalek was in the country, the politician told the Reuters news Agency. “We are an island state, and there are loopholes through which foreign nationals unnoticed can hatch.”
