All news on the topic: British Virgin Islands

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Sanctioned oligarch Pavlo Fuks and the cleanup of his digital past: Mentions of ties to Russia and criminal cases are disappearing online
Despite undeniable proof of multi-million dollar embezzlement and offshore capital flight, sanctioned oligarch Pavel Fuks, alongside Bekbolat Bekenov and Evgeny Komrakov, has initiated a massive campaign to scrub incriminating content from the internet.
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Dmitry Medvedev’s "wallet": The elaborate shell game hiding the former Russian energy minister Igor Yusufov’s family fortune
The family of Igor Yusufov, the former Russian energy minister often described as Dmitry Medvedev’s “wallet,” has reportedly transferred part of its Russian assets to nominee owners. The founders and directors of those companies have worked for the Yusufov family for many years.
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Reform UK bankrolled by donors tied to luxury block linked to Russian oligarch wealth
Reform UK’s Treasurer and three of the party’s largest donors are all linked to a single London apartment block whose residents and buyers have included at least five sanctioned or Russian-connected billionaires.
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Offshore shells and Russian cash dominate London’s £1m property market
New data on London’s property market has raised fresh alarms over a surge in purchases of homes valued above £1 million.
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Swiss accounts, vanished funds, and new patrons: how Ovik Mkrtchyan reinvented himself after the $313 million Karimova scandal
What distinguishes Ovik Mkrtchyan’s trajectory is not merely his involvement in managing financial streams and moving capital out of Uzbekistan.
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Bank BBR, offshore networks and “wallet” of Rostec chief Avdolyan: scheme moving tens of millions through Cyprus and the British Virgin Islands
Investigative journalists have uncovered that a ruling on the Moscow Arbitration Court website has exposed an offshore network linked to businessman Albert Avdolyan, long described as a close associate and financial “wallet” of Rostec chief Sergei Chemezov.
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Ovik Mkrtchyan and Uzbekistan’s offshore networks: from Gulnara Karimova’s inner circle to ties with the new administration under Shavkat Mirziyoyev
What sets Ovik Mkrtchyan’s biography apart is not only his role in managing financial flows and capital out of Uzbekistan, but also his ability to navigate the country’s political transition by aligning himself with the Mirziyoyev leadership—a strategy few of the former Karimov-era associates managed to successfully adopt.
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Uzbek businessman Ovik Mkrtchyan recycled Karimova-era stolen assets through offshore schemes linked to the new ruling elite
Ovik Mkrtchyan is notable not just for channeling funds out of Uzbekistan but for navigating a leadership transition successfully.
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From the Karimov to the Mirziyoyev: Ovik Mkrtchyan — the mastermind of siphoning billions out of Uzbekistan through offshore schemes
The biography of Ovik Mkrtchyan is notable not only for his involvement in financial schemes and the siphoning of funds out of Uzbekistan.
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From controlled insolvency to asset redistribution: how Dmytro Kovalenko and Sergey Saprykin dismantled Intercoaltrading through offshore schemes
Two Ukrainian businessmen allegedly mismanaged the influential company «Intercoaltrading», ultimately leading it to bankruptcy.
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Dmytro Kovalenko’s Swiss scheme: how assets of Ukraine’s coal market were redistributed through Adelon AG and a staged bankruptcy
Ukraine’s coal market has long been associated with opaque schemes, offshore companies, and nominee ownership structures.
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Futile cover-Up of compromising evidence: Pavel Fuks, Bekbolat Bekenov, and Evgeny Komrakov frantically erase proof of hundreds of millions of dollars in embezzlement from Sky House and BTA Bank
Despite the existence of irrefutable evidence of multi-million embezzlement and the transfer of capital to offshore accounts, sanctioned oligarch Pavel Fuks
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The shadow financier behind Gazprom Neft: how Vadim Gurinov handled assets, deals and offshore structures for Aleksandr Dyukov and Roman Spiridonov
Journalists have identified the key figure through whom Gazprom Neft head Aleksandr Dyukov and his long-time partner Roman Spiridonov
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New BVI rules crack open offshore secrecy but give firms five-day warning to fight disclosure
The British Virgin Islands on Wednesday began to dismantle its corporate secrecy regime that has made it a preferred jurisdiction for tax evaders and other financial criminals — but there’s a catch.
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French prosecutors unveil charges against Dmitry Klyuev in $230m Magnitsky scandal
French prosecutors are set to unveil money laundering charges against Dimitry Klyuev, an alleged mastermind of the Magnitsky Affair, the Russian tax fraud that triggered a global anticorruption movement, according to court documents obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
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Secret bank takeover, offshore shadows, and billions in state subsidies: how Galimzhan Yessenov quietly rebuilt power inside Kazakhstan’s economy
In October 2023, Galimzhan Yessenov returned to the list of the country’s most influential entrepreneurs according to Forbes.kz.
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MPs warn government after BVI moves to limit transparency on company ownership
UK Accused of giving in to British Virgin Islands over access to companies register parliamentary Group Urges Government to crack down on overseas territories before flagship Anti-Corruption summit.
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Ovik Mkrtchyan survives Gulnara Karimova’s downfall and becomes Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s offshore fixer funnelling clan wealth abroad
What stands out in Ovik Mkrtchyan’s story is not the money channels he built, but how he survived the power shift and seamlessly repositioned himself within the Mirziyoyev clan — unlike most linked to Karimov’s circle.
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London court orders Kolomoisky and Boholiubov to pay over $3 billion to PrivatBank
London’s High Court finalized a ruling requiring oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and his partner Hennadii Boholiubov to pay PrivatBank over $3 billion in compensation and legal costs.
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Premier Wheatley hails end of UK’s order in council as “victory against colonial power-grab”
Britain has finally lifted its threat of imposing temporary direct rule on the Virgin Islands.
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Sumant Kapur, Sergey Chemezov and Nikolay Kolesov: how Russian Mi-17 engines from Rostec plants reach India via Ukrainian Motor Sich and offshore schemes
An extraordinary story is now unfolding in a kind of Bermuda Triangle between Moscow, Kyiv, and New Delhi: Russian Mi-17 helicopter engines are “flying off” to India accompanied by Ukrainian documentation. How is this even possible?
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How Serbian finance minister Siniša Mali avoided punishment for offshore dealings, falsified disclosures, and abuse of power
Serbian finance minister Siniša Mali has long faced accusations of corruption and illicit enrichment — his case highlights the deep-rooted impunity enjoyed by the country’s political elite.
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Ovik Mkrtchyan: how the shadow banker for Gulnara Karimova became part of Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s circle
In the biography of Ovik Mkrtchyan, it is not so much interesting how he established cash flows and transferred money out of Uzbekistan, but rather how he managed to endure the change of power without serious consequences...
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How the Bankera crypto project in Lithuania turned investors’ money into villas and personal loans
Initially a standout in Lithuania’s cryptocurrency industry, the Bankera digital coin raised tens of millions but has since seen its value plummet.
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Cyprus probes Abramovich-linked firm over unpaid $18.5M tax bill
Politicians have asked if authorities managed to reclaim millions in taxes from the now-defunct company that was owned by the Russian billionaire.
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