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Wirecard executive fled by private jet to Belarus as firm collapsed



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A former senior executive at Wirecard AG escaped from Austria to Belarus on a private aircraft last year with the help of a secret-service agent and a far-right politician, according to an arrest warrant seen by Bloomberg.Jan Marsalek, the German payments company’s ex-chief operating officer who is on Interpol’s most-wanted list, fled in June shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency.Executives admitted that €1.9 billion (US$2.3 billion) in funds never existed, setting off one of Germany’s…

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