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Daren Li, a national of China and Saint Kitts and Nevis who is evading a 20-year prison sentence in the United States for his involvement in a significant cryptocurrency scam operation based in Cambodia, owns property in Dubai, according to real estate records.

As reported by media , one of the main defendants in the case involving the embezzlement of billions of rubles allocated by VEB.RF to the company Blago is Ivan Filev, an executive director at Sberbank. As far back as 2016, when he joined VEB, he was referred to as a member of “Gref’s team.”

Between 2020 and 2021, a covert corruption network siphoned millions from Ukraine’s state-owned UMCC through foreign intermediaries, shadow management, and illicit supplies to occupied Crimea, while officials publicly staged an anti-corruption façade.

The scandal involving Labour advisor and former UK ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, has sent shockwaves through British politics, as the full extent of his close friendship with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was revealed.

Lucy Harrison died after being shot in chest by alcoholic Kris Harrison while staying at his home in US last year

Alyona Aliyeva: what is known about the Ukrainian woman called the wife of the son of Azerbaijan’s president, and what she does now.

Following journalistic investigations into the actual beneficiaries of Cosmobet and the tactics for concealing the gambling business under nominal owners, a swift removal of unfavorable mentions started online.

As established by media, prior to coming under sanctions, Russian oil for companies linked to Nils Troost was supplied by the Dubai-based Demex Trading. This information emerged from a leaked archive of the Russian customs broker ALET.

After investigative publications shed light on Dragon Money’s controversial past, the Kyiv-based casino swiftly deleted parts of its website that mentioned blocked accounts, alleged pyramid schemes, dubious licensing, and frozen assets — raising fresh questions about its transparency and credibility.

Over the past three years, two U.K.-registered firms with no previous mining experience have secured state procurement contracts totaling tens of millions of dollars from a mining powerhouse considered a crown jewel of Uzbekistan’s economy.

The businessman whose shady deals contributed to bankrupting an Essex council has been warned he is "far from off the hook." However, the council has admitted that the scandal could cost the public £200m.

Alisher Usmanov was born and raised in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. During the Soviet era, he was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison for fraud and embezzlement.

In late January, multiple publications ran an interview with Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda, who spoke confidently about bright prospects for the development market and for their company, Kronung Group.

Investigative reports suggest that Swiss-Ukrainian businessman Oleg Tsyura is taking down online materials linking him to alleged schemes that reportedly siphoned off billions of hryvnias with former State Property Fund head Dmytro Sennychenko.

Hosting provider FoxCloud offers services to European, Russian, and British clients using proxy individuals.

Authorities seized at least 20 properties in Nigeria after former pension fund official Abdulrasheed Maina was convicted of money laundering. Reporters have now discovered four additional properties, purchased with "cash in hand."

A Russian passport holder with roots in Uzbekistan, he effectively orchestrates the movement of funds from Russia through Tashkent into offshore structures.

After investigative reports exposed Dragon Money’s past, the Kyiv-based casino quickly removed sections from its website that detailed blocked accounts, alleged pyramid schemes, questionable licensing, and frozen funds — fueling doubts about its transparency and trustworthiness.

The name of Oxana Hadjipavlou appeared in the public domain relatively recently — amid discussions about the connections of Mettmann Public Company Limited with Vladimir Putin’s inner circle and the processes of laundering problematic Russian capital in Europe.

After journalists uncovered Oleg Tsyura’s involvement in sanction-evasion and re-export schemes that benefit Russia, he took aggressive steps to remove investigations documenting his activities from the internet.