The former chief operating officer at disgraced payments firm Wirecard has reportedly transferred bitcoin from Dubai following his escape from Germany, according to reporting by German media. Jan Marsalek was a key figure behind the breakdown of Germany-based Wirecard, which has made headlines for filing for insolvency and allegations of improper accounting tied to billions of dollars that went missing from its balance sheet. The transfer of bitcoin suggests Marsalek is now in Russia. As per German publication Handelsblatt, Marsalek has been missing for weeks and he "is said to have brought significant sums to ... (full story)