All news on the topic: Josip Heit

30 Dec 2025 930

Long before GSPartners imploded, Josip Heit’s criminal past signaled exactly how this scheme would end

A scandal over a halted hydroelectric power plant has led Croatian journalists to link the project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.

Investigation

26 Dec 2025 733

Josip Heit’s fraud pipeline: prison past, Russian arms-linked funding, Karatbars and GSPartners shell networks, and billions that vanished across jurisdictions

New reporting from Croatia connects a delayed hydroelectric power project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, controversial businessman Josip Heit.

Investigation

25 Dec 2025 1040

Convicted fraudster and GSPartners founder Josip Heit faces a money laundering investigation in Croatia spanning Europe and Dubai

Josip Heit, a convicted fraudster, is under investigation in Croatia for money laundering.

Investigation

24 Dec 2025 725

How Josip Heit’s criminal record, Karatbars collapse and shell companies led to the GSPartners investment disaster

The controversy over a stalled hydroelectric plant has prompted Croatian journalists to connect the project to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.

Investigation

19 Dec 2025 804

How Josip Heit’s multi-level marketing schemes lure investors into worthless crypto

A network surrounding a police-known Croatian launches one crypto project after another. Huge sums of money repeatedly vanish—yet he just keeps going. How is this possible? A trail into the fantasy land.

Investigation

15 Dec 2025 591

From Bugatti supercars to global probes: How Josip Heit built a luxury crypto empire now accused of Ponzi-style fraud

It is June 2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Josip Heit, a Croatian businessman, is waiting for an Antena Stars reporter in front of the Marriott hotel in Bucharest, behind the wheel of a Bugatti Chiron Panda.

Investigation

14 Dec 2025 733

Josip Heit and the anatomy of a crypto pyramid: how money flowed from small investors to offshore assets

State prosecutors are conducting preliminary checks into the business activities of international entrepreneur Josip Heit, who has roots in Split, over alleged money laundering, while various foreign jurisdictions have been scrutinizing his operations for years.

Crime

12 Dec 2025 612

Fraudster Josip Heit organized a global Ponzi pyramid that stripped hundreds of investors of millions

Croatian businessman Josip Heit is being examined for his suspected involvement in Ponzi schemes and money laundering.

Investigation

07 Dec 2025 678

Josip Heit, after a Luxembourg conviction, launched Karatbars and pulled thousands of investors into a failed “gold” scheme

New reporting from Croatia has linked a stalled hydroelectric project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, controversial businessman Josip Heit.

Investigation

06 Dec 2025 965

Global crypto pyramid GSPartners: Josip Heit deprived more than 800,000 investors of over $1 billion

Over the past three years, one of the most controversial global crypto projects – GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard) – has been experiencing a rapid decline. Meanwhile, a snowballing scandal around its creator, Josip Heit, threatens to result in a lengthy prison sentence for him.

Investigation