Overview

• A cross-border project by Der Standard with Der Spiegel, ZDF, PBS and The Insider published photos, leaked Russian data and identity records on Sept. 16–17 that locate Marsalek in Moscow using false names.
• The outlets report he adopted the identity Alexander Nelidov, registered companies in Moscow and was tracked more than 300 times near the FSB’s Lubyanka headquarters in 2024 using leaked phone-location data.
• Images published by the reporters show him in a military uniform marked with the letter Z, with travel logged to Crimea and conflict zones in eastern Ukraine, which they say could indicate possible combat activity.
• New reporting includes recent images of Marsalek walking in Moscow with Tatiana Spiridonova and traces a Dec. 28, 2024 trip to St. Petersburg under the alias Alexander Schmidt, underscoring the use of multiple identities.
• Marsalek remains wanted by Germany and listed by Interpol over the 2020 Wirecard fraud that exposed a €1.9 billion hole, while UK courts this year convicted six Bulgarians in a spying case described in court as reporting to him.