{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/67cb1b818c2cf351b1b18352?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Tech Boss Who Was Russia's Secret Spy | Episode 1","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/1741364147565-3a5f6e61-c2cd-40ef-b8d1-40d43e74f42f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A UK-based spy ring of Bulgarian nationals has been found guilty of espionage at the Old Bailey after a three-month trial. For almost three years, they’d been spying for Russia.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>But the man believed to be behind it all is still on the run. Jan Marsalek was an Austrian tech boss, Chief Operating Officer of a successful payments processing company called Wirecard. Until it collapsed in 2020 amid a massive fraud scandal Marsalek is alleged to have been the mastermind behind.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Just days later, he fled Austria, taking a flight to Belarus. Despite international efforts to locate him, Marsalek's precise whereabouts remain uncertain. In a new three-part series for The Daily T, hosted by Special Correspondent Hayley Dixon, we reveal his double life as a spy for the Kremlin and what he’s been up to since he disappeared.</p><p><br></p><p>Reporter: Hayley Dixon&nbsp;</p><p>Producer: Georgia Coan</p><p>Executive Producers: Adélie Pojzman-Pontay and Louisa Wells&nbsp;</p><p>Original music by John Cadigan&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}