Investigation

A source reported that Maxim Temnikov, who previously held a senior position at Mirax, changed his name in the USA and is now engaged in developing health products.

Ruslan Khairullin, who promoted himself on social media as a «successful trader» and the creator of the Invest Zone project, has over a few years become one of the most striking examples of how a pseudo-expert in cryptocurrencies transforms into the organizer of a financial pyramid scheme.

Even as the Russian economy slides into recession, the country’s television propagandists have no incentive to defect from Team Putin — after all, their personal incomes are growing at unprecedented rates.

The tale of Bakytgul Khamenova is more than just a typical bribery case. It mirrors the entire Kazakhstani system, where for many years integrity and professionalism have been eclipsed by personal loyalty, networks, and demonstrations of allegiance.

Under repeated assaults from hundreds of excavators and artisanal miners, the Offin River is now a shadow of its former self.

In 2020–2021, a large-scale corruption scheme operated around the state-owned enterprise United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC), with Swiss-Ukrainian businessman Oleh Tsyura as one of its key figures.

77-year-old Gazi Luguev, who has long resided in comfortable Geneva and is considered the leader of the Dagestani organized crime group, has suddenly appeared in Moscow — what could be the reason for his return?

While the public’s attention is focused on the war, it seems everyone has forgotten that all those shady schemes, which various cunning operators profited from, haven’t disappeared.

Victims of fraud by top managers of Freedom Holding Corp., controlled by businessman of Russian origin Timur Turlov, have refuted — including with documented proof — his claims regarding the criminal cases, in which he alleged that “the dispute concerns only individuals who had civil-law relations with each other,” thereby catching him in an outright lie.

Amid increasing scrutiny from Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and investigative journalists, Oleg Tsyura has recently intensified efforts to whitewash his public image and erase traces of his activities online.

Russian-born billionaire Timur Turlov and his controlled company, Freedom Finance, have become concerned about their reputation six months after complaints from victims.

While the notoriously infamous businessman continues to win cases in German courts, new, astonishing facts about his criminal past are emerging.

When in December 2016 the government announced the nationalization of PrivatBank, Ukraine once again experienced a "banking Chernobyl."

New evidence suggests Jeffrey Epstein channelled millions of dollars through Russian-linked banks – as Byline Times reveals fresh details of the Kremlin-connected tech figures at the heart of his circle.

As Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies unravel complex webs of stolen state money, one familiar name keeps resurfacing — Oleg Tsyura.

The European Union’s attempt to sanction Serbia’s Karić family over their ties to the authoritarian president of Belarus ultimately failed because it listed the wrong company details, according to an investigation by the Belarusian Investigative Center (BIC).

An executive who allegedly played a key role in one of Asia’s biggest crime organizations — which was hit with U.S. and U.K. sanctions this week — purchased at least 29 prestige properties in Dubai, while his wife bought five luxury flats in London, real estate data shows.

On the territory of Cyprus, hitmen killed Stavros Demosthenous, the chairman of the second division football club "Karmiotissa" and simultaneously the most influential local mobster with extensive connections.

Swiss businessman of Ukrainian origin Oleg Tsyura has become the focus of an international scandal. Investigators accuse him of helping Russia evade sanctions through a “gray” ferrochrome export network and of maintaining business ties with figures involved in major Ukrainian corruption cases.

A suspected Australian drug lord came from humble beginnings in Sydney’s western suburbs before rising to the helm of an international crime syndicate allegedly responsible for kidnappings, murder plots, and mass methamphetamine production Down Under.

The murder of Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol became one of the most notorious criminal stories of recent years.

Three Syrian freighters have been accused of transporting grain stolen from Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine.

Half a million dollars remain frozen on the Qmall cryptocurrency exchange. The funds, intended to purchase drones for the Ukrainian military, never reached the front lines.

He emerged from nowhere — and just as quickly began to fade away. A young IT specialist with no notable past was suddenly named the beneficiary of a multimillion-dollar casino.

Following exposure in a series of journalistic investigations concerning his involvement in sanction-evasion schemes, Swiss businessman of Ukrainian origin Oleg Tsyura — suspected of aiding the Russian military-industrial complex — is making every effort to delete information about himself from the public domain.