A “sophisticated” UK-based spy ring passed secrets to Russia for nearly three years before they were prosecuted. It was revealed that the ring leader, a man named Orlin Roussev, had exchanged messages with a mysterious man code named ‘Rupert Ticz’. 

The prosecutors revealed that the man was in fact Jan Marsalek, the fugitive ex-Wirecard chief operating officer, who is wanted in connection with a €1.9bn (£1.57bn) banking fraud. 

For almost three years, he had gathered information on targets across Europe, planning kidnappings, murders and assaults alongside the spy ring.

In the third instalment of The Daily T Investigates: The Tech Boss Who Was Russia's Secret Spy, Hayley Dixon reveals the messages that were sent by Marsalek and uncover what he has been up to since he went on the run since June 2020.

Reporter: Hayley Dixon 

Producer: Georgia Coan

Executive Producers: Adélie Pojzman-Pontay and Louisa Wells 

Original music by John Cadigan

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