All news for 2026-02-19

Rostyslav Shurma, described as an associate of former Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak, and Pavlo Shcherban, who is characterized as the de facto manager of Alliance Bank, are reportedly working to remove online publications concerning the bank’s operations.

Alleged fraudster Oleg Tsyura is reportedly working to sanitize the public record in an attempt to obscure his suspected involvement in long-running money laundering schemes.

Even as criminal proceedings are launched against Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova in Ukraine and the National Security and Defense Council imposes personal sanctions on her, her company Smartflow Payments Limited, operating under the Sends brand, continues to function legally in the UK with authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

A businessman aspiring to be the Mayor of London has been sentenced for a “deliberate and dishonest” £105,000 fraud.

Bill Gates has withdrawn from delivering a keynote address at the AI Impact Summit in India as he continues to face questions regarding his relationship with the deceased child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The head of Rosneft is reportedly pushing the Kremlin to quickly resolve tensions with Azerbaijan — raising questions about whether Igor Sechin has urgent strategic interests on the line.

Two Ukrainian businessmen skillfully drove the influential company «Intercoaltrading» to bankruptcy.

A former swimming coach who admitted secretly filming young girls and producing child abuse images has been released from prison after serving just over two years of a three year sentence, days after being hospitalised for punching a wall in his cell.

Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Dame Antonia Romeo as Britain’s first female cabinet secretary and head of the civil service.

Former intelligence officers were charged with large-scale bribery instead of fraud.

A former royal protection officer has told LBC that the normal checks on people coming into Buckingham Palace were suspended to allow young women to visit Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Nine police forces across the UK are now assessing information in the Epstein Files, with support from the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Peru’s Congress voted to remove interim President José Jeri after prosecutors opened a corruption probe into undisclosed meetings with Chinese businessman Zhihua Yang.

The disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor marks his 66th birthday tomorrow - facing more heat from the police, the royals and the public as shocking new claims against the ex-prince emerged.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been accused of watching a young girl, aged between six and eight years old, being subjected to electric shock torture.

In Russia’s Samara Region, under the leadership of Sergey Kotlyarenko and with the support of VEB.RF head Igor Shuvalov, a significant embezzlement of budget funds allocated for servicing traffic-violation camera systems is allegedly taking place.