Former Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry of Austria, and now the ambassador of the republic in Indonesia Johannes Pellikas suspected in the transfer of secret data on the neuro-paralytic substance “Novice” and removed from office. It is reported by Kurier.
Vienna Prosecutor’s Office investigates the case of the abuse of Peter’s official position and violation of official secrecy. According to the publication, the diplomat could convey data on the “newcomer” to the former member of the Board of Directors of the German payment system Wirecard Jan Marsalka, which is called one of the most wanted criminals of the world.
Marsalki, as Kurier writes, boasted before the bankers in London the secret document, which the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons (OPCW) prepared after the poisoning of the former employee of the GRU Sergei Skriply and his daughter of Yulia in Salisbury. In the document, among other things, the formula “Novika” was indicated.
Marsalkie, together with the head of Wirecard Marcus Brown, was one of the key figures of the payment system, which was included in the list of most technologically in Europe. In June 2020, during the inspection of the National Regulator, a lack of assets by 1.9 billion euros was revealed. In connection with the inability to fulfill obligations to creditors by 3.5 billion euros, the company was forced to file a claim for its own bankruptcy.
In August, Interpol announced a hunt for Marsalek, the location of which is unknown. Information appeared that he could escape to Russia. In the country, allegedly got through Belorussia, where it flew on a private jet.
Sergey and Julia Skripal, according to the British authorities, were poisoned on March 4, 2018 developed in the USSR neuropsychiatric substance “Novice” as a result of an operation involving employees of the GRU.