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🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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In 2020, the Financial Times exposed a 2 billion euro fraud at Wirecard, a high-flying German fintech. Many thought that was the end of the story. But for reporter Sam Jones, it was just the beginning.
On Hot Money: Agent of Chaos, from Pushkin Industries and the Financial Times, Jones investigates Wirecard’s chief operating officer who vanished just as Wirecard collapsed. And turned out to also be a Russian spy.
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0:00.0 | Pushkin. |
0:08.7 | Hello, hello. We'll be back very soon with more episodes of revisionist history. |
0:13.2 | But today, we're bringing you an episode of Hot Money, Agent of Chaos, another show from Pushkin Industries in collaboration with the Financial Times. |
0:22.6 | In 2020, the Financial Times exposed a two billion euro fraud at Wirecard, a high-flying |
0:29.2 | German fintech. Many thought that was the end of the story, but for reporter Sam Jones, |
0:34.6 | it was just the beginning. Jones investigates Wirecard's chief operating officer, Jan Marseleck, who vanished just as |
0:42.3 | wirecard collapsed and turned out to be a Russian spy. |
0:46.5 | It's a story about espionage, fraud, and disinformation. |
0:50.3 | If you enjoy this episode, listen to Hot Money, Agent of Chaos, wherever you get your podcast. |
0:56.8 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
1:01.0 | The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. |
1:06.2 | Recipients have done the improbable, the unexpected, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of |
1:12.4 | something much bigger than themselves. This medal is for the men who went down that day. |
1:18.6 | On Medal of Honor, stories of courage, you'll hear about these heroes and what their stories |
1:23.6 | tell us about the nature of bravery. Listen to Medal of Honor on the IHeart Radio app, |
1:28.8 | Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. It's a winter's day in 2018. Paul Murphy is |
1:36.5 | standing in front of the mirror of the Jent's lavatory at work. He's changing for lunch. |
1:42.4 | I kind of stopped wearing ties, but I think I put a tie on for that occasion. |
1:47.1 | Paul is in his mid-50s. He's got a slightly grizzled look about him. You wouldn't pick him out in a crowd, but that's an advantage in his line of work. |
1:57.3 | In his hands, Paul is holding a small silver disc about the size of a penny. |
2:02.7 | He takes his shirt off, grabs a piece of medical tape, and fixes this disc onto his shoulder. |
2:09.7 | Because this disc is a tiny microphone. |
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