Jan Marseleck was a model of modern German corporate success.

It seemed so damn simple for him.

Young, wealthy, charismatic.

Did it occur to you that he'd charmed you in any way?

Yes, it did, but he was a charming man.

It turned out he was also a fraudster.

Where does the money come from?

That was something that I always was questioning myself.

Someone living another life.

His secret office was less than 500 metres down the road.

I'm Sam Jones and I'm the European security correspondent for the Financial Times.

In 2020, my colleagues at the F.T.

Exposed German financial payments giant wire card as a huge corporate con.

But it was also the start of a strange and more elusive tale.

One cannot work with Marcellagny.

He is too close to the Russians.

It looks like the ingredients of a really grand spy story,

because this ties together the Cold War with the new one.

For the last year, I've been pulling together threads from the record Jan Marseleck left behind.

He disappeared just hours before Warcard's final moments and took plundered millions with him.

I've met people who were drawn into his world.

I envied Ian so much.

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