It sounds like a financial crime thriller: The entry and exit dates of the ex-Wirecard board member Jan Marsalek are falsified, according to the Philippines. The officials are now being investigated. Where the manager really is is still uncertain.
A key figure in the multi-billion dollar scandal surrounding the insolvent Dax group Wirecard may not have traveled to China via the Philippines. The data, which should document the entry and exit of the former board member Jan Marsalek at the end of June, are falsified, said the Philippine Justice Minister Menardo Guevarra. This resulted in an examination of the recordings of surveillance cameras, passenger lists and other material. "The immigration officials who made these fictitious entries have been released from their duties and are now facing administrative penalties," Guevarra said, without quoting the exact number of employees.
He ordered further investigations into the case. Wirecard had admitted in June that company funds booked in Asian trust accounts very probably do not exist – and had filed for bankruptcy last week.
In addition to ex-CEO Markus Braun, a key figure is Marsalek, who was formerly responsible for day-to-day business on the Wirecard board. As previously thought, his trail was lost in the Philippines a good ten days ago. The public prosecutor has made public that it is investigating Braun, Marsalek and others because of suspected incorrect information and market manipulation. The share price of the Dax group crashed, the company filed for bankruptcy. Ex-Wirecard boss Markus Braun has now turned to the judiciary.
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