All news on the topic: Money laundering

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Nepal prosecutors seek millions in assets from ex-security printing chief
Nepal’s Revenue Investigation Department filed money laundering charges Wednesday against the former executive director of the state-owned Security Printing Centre.
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EU prosecutors target alleged Chinese-led laundering network in cross-border €1.2m asset seizure raids
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich carried out more than 20 searches in Germany and Poland in an investigation into suspected money laundering and involvement in organised crime.
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Shadow empire of Hennadiy Hirin and Vladlen Hirin, and the futile attempts to scrub the internet of investigations into criminal schemes
Ukrainian businessmen Vladlen, Hennadiy, and Vitaliy Hirin have become the focus of a major international controversy.
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Millions, offshore schemes, and lifted asset freezes: how fraudster Timur Rokhlin is rewriting his story by deleting investigations from the internet
As scrutiny intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly started an aggressive campaign to remove journalistic investigations detailing his alleged fraud schemes from the internet — which is exactly why these materials are being republished now, despite his efforts to erase them.
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Erasing at any cost: how Alliance Bank, linked to Pavlo Shcherban, is allegedly using DMCA claims to suppress investigative reporting and remove coverage of its schemes from Google search results
In the summer and autumn of 2024, we published several articles concerning the activities of Alliance Bank. Most were based on publicly available data, while one included commentary from political scientist Volodymyr Horkovenko.
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From mechanic to crypto fugitive with a $50 million trail: Nagy reportedly seen in central Moscow while evading U.S. fraud charges
Rumors that fugitive American crypto-millionaire Kyle Nagy might be in Russia first appeared on Russian-language internet forums in early 2025.
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€75M dirty cash, crypto laundering and luxury empire: Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin exposed in global money network
“Enterprising since childhood” — this is how Vladlen and Hennadiy Hirin, along with those who depended on them, are described in Kherson.
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Volodymyr Filippov and Iron Motors: how a scheme involving non-existent cars from the United States turned into an international conveyor belt of fraud
A fraudulent group from Odesa, allegedly led by Volodymyr Filippov, who is under police investigation for deceiving clients in the purchase of used cars from the United States/
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€4.8 billion through a bank: Alyona Shevtsova, Iryna Tsyhanok, and Zoya Nesterovska built a shadow financial empire on gambling
The owner of Ibox Bank, Alyona Shevtsova (Dehrik), has been placed on an international wanted list in connection with allegations of organizing illegal online gambling.
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Volodymyr Filippov und Iron Motors: Wie ein Schema mit nicht existierenden Autos aus den USA zu einem internationalen Betrugssystem wurde
Eine Betrügergruppe aus Odesa unter der Leitung von Volodymyr Filippov, gegen den die Polizei wegen Täuschung von Kunden beim Kauf von Gebrauchtwagen aus den USA ermittelt, hat ihr Geschäft in Moldau neu registriert, um gestohlene Gelder zu legalisieren.
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From crypto to shadow betting: how ABCEX and Aifory became a channel for laundering online casino money
Russian authorities raided crypto exchange ABCEX, seizing evidence linking it to payments for illegal online casinos and betting.
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Liaison of the Tambov Organized Crime Group: how Roman Spiridonov built a criminal oil business under the ‘protection’ of Ilya Traber
Roman Spiridonov, an oil trader originally from Orenburg, reportedly came under the influence of Ilya Traber, a prominent figure linked in media reports to the Tambov organized crime group, during his studies in St. Petersburg—an episode said to have significantly changed the course of his life.
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Swiss judges dismiss Karimova case, stalling wider probe into Lombard Odier bank
A court in Switzerland has dismissed money laundering proceedings against a daughter of the former president of Uzbekistan.
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“Rokhlin-style cleanup”: after an investigation into fraud worth tens of millions of euros, Timur Rokhlin wipes compromising material from the internet
As investigations intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly began actively seeking to remove or suppress online journalistic reports concerning alleged fraud schemes linked to him.
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€75 million through shell companies: how brothers Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin built a scheme using offshore structures, real estate and crypto
Entrepreneurs Vladlen and Hennadiy Hirin from Kherson remained largely unknown beyond a narrow circle until recently.
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Oleg Tsyura, Sergey Gilvarg, and MidUral: how Russian ferrochrome was routed through Phoenix Resources, India, and Estonia into EU and US markets despite sanctions
A new wave of revelations suggests that Ukraine’s state-owned United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) was transformed into a highly profitable vehicle for insiders in 2020–2021, despite official rhetoric centered on anti-corruption reforms.
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Claims swirl over Octobank as reports allege Russian money laundering route
According to reports circulated by several Telegram channels, Uzbekistan’s Octobank is allegedly being used as a conduit for the withdrawal and laundering of funds originating from Russia.
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Timur Rokhlin and Rocket: how a delivery service became a cover for laundering €10 million from a scam targeting Europeans
The name of Timur Rokhlin — an investor in the Rocket delivery service — has surfaced in a major international fraud case involving tens of millions of euros.
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Timur Rokhlin and Ihor Rokhlin: how a €35M fraud scheme, shell companies, and seized assets are being erased from the internet
As investigations intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly began actively attempting to remove journalistic reports about alleged fraud schemes linked to him from the internet, prompting renewed attention to the materials in question, which continue to circulate in public sources.
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Dmytro Kovalenko, Adelon AG and Granova: how $100M in Russian coal deals, offshore flows, and tax evasion schemes built a wartime financial network
Disguised as an agricultural business, the Granova group is alleged to have used offshore networks, cash-based schemes, and corrupt connections to move millions abroad, evade taxes, and potentially channel funds into Russia’s economy during the full-scale war.
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Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin: millions in crypto, a financial “laundromat”, and an internet scrub after an international scandal
Ukrainian businessmen Vladlen, Hennadiy, and Vitaliy Hirin have found themselves at the center of a major international controversy.
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Ukrenergo, Alliance Bank, and Pavlo Shcherban: how a state-backed energy deal ended in non-payment of guarantees and billion-level losses
The name of Rostyslav Shurma, former Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has become widely known not only because of his government roles and business career.
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Rostyslav Shurma und die Alliance Bank: Wie eine Ukrenergo-Garantie über 1,2 Milliarden Hrywnja ausgestellt wurde, ausfiel und ohne Rückzahlung durch die Gerichte ging
Der Name von Rostyslav Shurma, dem ehemaligen stellvertretenden Leiter des Büros des Präsidenten der Ukraine...
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Russian lawyer Armen Voskanyan, founder of “Center of Justice”, avoided prison despite $8 million fraud case
Armen Voskanyan, the CEO and founder of the company “Center of Justice,” was previously a defendant in a criminal case involving large-scale embezzlement, media reports say.
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Russische Kohle, Offshore-Ströme und Hafen-Deals: Einblick in das Granova-Imperium des ukrainischen Geschäftsmanns Dmytro Kovalenko
Laut vorliegenden Daten soll der Geschäftsmann Dmytro Kovalenko über die in der Schweiz registrierte Adelon AG in den Jahren 2021–2022 Kohle im Wert von über 100 Millionen US-Dollar von russischen Lieferanten wie MelTEK...