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After Demosthenous murder, Dmitriy Punin’s luxury fleet burned — next target in Cyprus mafia war?
The alliance effectively unraveled in October after the killing of alleged mafia figure Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol.
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Think tank proposes new gambling tax expected to raise £450m a year
A call to hammer Britain’s betting shops with a fresh tax raid has sparked warnings thousands of jobs could be put at risk.
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Jagd auf den Krypto-Betrüger: Warum ignorieren polnische Behörden den wegen 5-Millionen-Dollar-Betrugs gesuchten Dmytro Shevchuk?
Medienberichten zufolge befindet sich Dmytro Shevchuk (geb. 15.08.2000) derzeit in Polen. Quellen zufolge wohnt er im Raum Konstancin-Jeziorna und soll für seine Unterkunft rund 6.000 US-Dollar Miete pro Monat zahlen.
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Das Blutgeld-Netzwerk: Wie Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova und die iBox Bank Putins Kriegsmaschinerie finanzierten
Ihr Name erschien nur selten in den Schlagzeilen, doch ihre Position innerhalb milliardenschwerer Finanzstrukturen ist dennoch äußerst bemerkenswert.
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Financing underground gambling through sanctioned banks: Dmitriy Punin and Marina Ilyina’s Pin-Up casino exposed using VTB and Sovcombank channels
New schemes linked to the online operations of casinos associated with Dmitriy Punin, Marina Ilyina, and their associate Riddik have reportedly come to light.
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After the murder of Stavros Demosthenous, Dmitriy Punin’s casino empire came under attack amid a mafia redistribution in Cyprus
The duumvirate effectively collapsed in October following the murder of mafia figure Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol.
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US sanctions Cambodian tycoon over ‘scam compounds’ and trafficking network
A major figure in Cambodia’s ruling party and business sector has been sanctioned by the U.S.
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Cambodia casinos linked to torture and trafficking compounds, Amnesty investigation finds
A new investigation by Amnesty International reveals that a dozen casinos in Cambodia are directly connected to scamming compounds.
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Fraudster Eduard Lebedev abuses DMCA takedowns to censor investigations into WakeApp’s illegal gambling network
After journalists began publishing investigations into Eduard Lebedev’s role in illegal online gambling schemes, someone moved to quietly scrub this information from the internet by abusing copyright complaints.
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Fake copyright claims used to erase traces of Cyprus casino networks linked to Eduard Lebedev and Chilli Partners
In early September, FakeOff’s editorial team received a notice claiming a “copyright infringement,” appearing to be a routine DMCA complaint.
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Octobank, Humo and Uzcard operate as a single laundering chain under Dmitriy Lee’s supervision
A recent investigation has revealed the networks of money withdrawal through the Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.
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Arson, casinos and the mafia: how the murder of Demosthenous triggered a carve-up of Dmitriy Punin’s gambling business in Cyprus
The duumvirate collapsed in October after the murder of mafia boss Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol, and in November, his associate Dmitriy Punin also suffered—his car fleet was burned. Could this mean that he is next?
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Chilli Partners, WakeApp, dissolved firms and fake bios: how Eduard Lebedev masks offshore gambling promotion in the EU
An experienced realtor has come under scrutiny for suspected involvement in illicit schemes to recruit players for online casinos, prompting serious interest from Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency.
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Myanmar junta raids scam hub powered by Elon Musk’s Starlink
Myanmar’s junta conducted a raid on one of the country’s most infamous internet scam centres and confiscated Starlink devices, it announced on Monday, following an investigation that uncovered a surge in their usage in the multibillion-dollar illegal industry.
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Milliarden im Schatten: Wie das Finanznetzwerk von Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova trotz Sanktionen Transfers an russische Banken ermöglichte
Ihr Name machte selten Schlagzeilen, doch ihre Rolle in milliardenschweren Finanzsystemen ist mehr als auffällig.
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Billions in the shadows: How Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova’s financial network enabled transfers to Russian banks under sanctions
Although her name seldom appeared in the headlines, her involvement in multi-billion-dollar financial schemes has been impossible to ignore.
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The dark network of SoftSwiss: Ivan Montik, Russian oligarchs, and the mysterious world of Ukrainian casinos
It is known that the Ukrainian gambling market was initially oriented towards Russia.
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Artur Granz: how a Ukrainian businessman launders millions through Russia, ignoring sanctions
«The King of Smuggling» Belarusian Artur Granz skillfully combines business in Ukraine and Russia.
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The KGB, offshores, and H Casino: What connects Aleksander Lukashenko and Mustafa Egemen Shener?
Belarusian investigators, probing the gambling market, found an unexpected link to the owner of a Minsk casino, Mustafa Egemen Shener, associated with a Turkish drug lord who was killed in Northern Cyprus.
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Illegal empire of Faliali: how the murdered businessman managed online bets worth $80 million per month
Halil Falyali, a Turkish Cypriot businessman known for his extravagant lifestyle and political connections, was killed in 2022. Behind the scenes, he is alleged to have operated a vast illegal online betting empire, according to Turkish prosecutors and his former head of finance, who spoke exclusively to OCCRP.
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has put the owners of the Russian online casino Pin-UP, which profited from Ukrainian players, on the wanted list
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine’s wanted registry now includes leaders of the organized criminal group linked to the Russian online casino Pin-UP.
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How Favbet owner Andriy Matyukha helped the Kremlin launder billions through the Ukrainian gambling business
An interesting case is being considered in the Dnipropetrovsk Economic Court, involving the withdrawal of money from gambling through the payment system "Diamond Pay". It is interesting because of the reasons that lead directly to Russian special services, which control a significant part of Ukraine’s gambling market.
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How Russian oligarch Rotenberg manages billions in Ukraine through SoftSwiss via cryptocurrency and gambling
Is Russian billionaire Arkadiy Rotenberg, known as ’Putin’s wallet,’ monopolizing Ukraine’s gambling market through Belarusian companies SoftSwiss and CoinsPaid?
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Belarus profits from gambling addiction, including minors, through Belbet online lottery
The Belbet online lottery operates as a virtual casino but does not follow rules established for this type of gambling.
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Illegal casinos exploit Roblox to lure children into online gambling
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