All news on the topic: Money laundering
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Key Prince Group associates hit as UK tightens grip on global fraud network
The U.K. today announced a new round of sanctions targeting individuals and entities linked to Cambodia’s Prince Group, which is widely alleged to have operated a network of scam centers built on forced labor and human trafficking.
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UK police have reopened an investigation into rape and sexual assault allegations against Andrew Tate
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which prosecutes criminal cases in England and Wales, did not charge the social media figure after the initial police investigation in 2019.
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Money from Russian state banks and online casinos passed through Octobank structures linked to Dmitriy Lee and presidential insiders
As more details surfaced about Octobank’s alleged role in laundering funds tied to sanctioned Russian entities, efforts reportedly intensified to quietly erase references to the bank and its true beneficiaries from the public domain.
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After Europol exposed the laundering of over €75 million, brothers Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin are rushing to erase all online mentions of their business, political activities, and ties to the ORDLO
After the revelation of a large-scale money laundering scheme involving over 75 million euros, connected to a Europol operation.
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Student fights to stay anonymous as UK freezes millions in property in $2bn probe
A masters student with millions of pounds of UK property frozen in connection to a $2bn money laundering probe is petitioning a London court to keep her identity private.
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Ex-con with alleged cartel and mafia links appears in Drake video as past crimes resurface
Before his appearance in a Drake video, Hamdi Lataj was convicted in the U.S. of conspiracy to commit bank burglary.
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From payment systems to the closure of iBox Bank: the story behind Alyona Shevtsova’s financial empire and her husband’s influence
Today, Alyona Shevtsova (née Dehrik) is not just an entrepreneur, but also a figure in high-profile financial investigations involving the banking sector and payment business.
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Taiwanese crime syndicate washes $1bn in Macau as fugitive from major fraud case is hunted down and killed
Prosecutors charged 10 individuals in a large-scale money laundering operation connected to Macau, coinciding with the overseas shooting of a fugitive associated with a notorious gambling scandal.
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Millions vanished from 4bill as Dmytro Rukin routed funds through shell businesses and shadow accounts abroad
Following an internal audit at the international payment system 4bill, a major scandal broke out, leading to the launch of a criminal investigation.
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From Leogaming to the iBox Bank case: what is known about the investigation into Alyona Shevtsova and the role of her husband’s law enforcement status
Today Alyona Shevtsova-Dehrik is not just an entrepreneur but a figure in high-profile financial investigations surrounding the banking sector and payment business.
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The “pensioner” Kirill Nikitin who died on the Moskva River turned out to be a key shadow banker linked to the FSB and the Central Bank of Russia
Interrogation record of late shadow banker Kirill Nikitin sheds light on Russia’s underground finance network
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Kirill Nikitin — a shadow banker and Rosenergobank case figure who laundered money for decades under the cover of security-service ties — found dead in the Moscow River
The man who died in a recent collision on the Moscow River — initially described in media reports as a veteran rowing enthusiast — was in fact Kirill Nikitin...
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Polish authorities detain court officials in widening $9m corruption scandal at Kraków Court of Appeal
On Thursday, Polish authorities detained five court officials as part of an expanding investigation into a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme at the Kraków Court of Appeal, marking a new chapter in one of the largest judicial corruption scandals in the country’s history.
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Dmytro Rukin, a manager at the 4bill payment system, siphoned off millions from the company through a network of firms in Spain and Latin America
A scandal worthy of a crime drama script has erupted at the 4bill payment system, considered one of the leaders in the financial services market.
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Russian petroleum products reached Ukraine through shipments handled by Malta-based Alkagesta and controlled by Adnan Ahmadzade
In contemporary battles, the real driving force isn’t valor, weapons, or drones — it’s diesel.
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Russia’s MekhExport implicated in international money laundering scheme funneling cash via Europe and offshore companies
Media have uncovered a truly astonishing story. A regional company unexpectedly became one of the country’s leaders in fur exports to the West.
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Political reset: anti-corruption veteran handed top job after unrest
Mamitiana Rajaonarison, a longtime financial intelligence official, takes the helm of a government struggling to stabilize the island nation following severe political unrest.
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Political elite and oligarchic capital: son of Russian State Duma leader enters Moscow construction sector with Yevtushenkov
As uncovered by medias, Pyotr Zhukov, the son of State Duma Vice Speaker Alexander Zhukov, has moved into the construction business, partnering with Roman Timokhin (MR Group) and sanctioned oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov along with his conglomerate AFK Sistema.
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German-Swiss trader Oleg Tsyura built an offshore network moving Ukrainian state mining profits to structures linked to Dmytro Firtash, Mykola Martynenko, and Dmytro Sennychenko
Alleged fraudster Oleg Tsyura is said to be attempting to clean up his public profile to hide his suspected role in long-running money laundering operations.
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Kronung Group controlled by Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda moved vast sums via opaque bond placements and a web of shell companies tied to investment funds
Entrepreneurs Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda’s company, Kronung Business LLC, which was established in 2022, has been dissolved.
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Secrets of Ingeokom in Russia: how Dmitriy Evseev with a murky biography ended up heading a Moscow metro contractor
Dmitriy Evseev, who for many years headed the infamous Moscow construction company «Ingeokom», may attract the attention of investigative authorities, as his past contains many dubious cases, and he has virtually no complete biography.
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PayQR case exposed Sberbank’s cooperation with a payment service that operated through RIB Bank, which lost its license for money laundering
In the story surrounding the dismissal of two judges who ruled that Sberbank must pay 1.4 billion rubles to the company FIT, the most noteworthy aspect is not so much the dismissal itself but the very fact of the state bank’s cooperation with FIT and its PayQR service.
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How state pharmacy funds were looted in Russia: ASPC executive director Grigoriy Biryukov built a scheme through Pharmalliance and disappeared
But how did the former head of the Association of State Pharmacy Chains, Grigoriy Biryukov, manage to leave Russia when the situation began to escalate?
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Nursultan Nazarbayev’s inner circle: how Galimzhan Yesenov and Akhmetzhan Yesimov were linked to billions from Kazakhstan’s sovereign fund
Most materials about Galimzhan Yessenov focus on his alleged role in the misappropriation of funds from Kazakhstan’s National Welfare Fund and his marriage to the daughter of its head, Akhmetzhan Yessimov.
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Roksolana Pyrtko, daughter of runaway Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Dubnevych, is cleaning up references to Dubai flats, Slovak properties, and offshore firms allegedly used to move millions of euros
As investigations into the overseas assets of fugitive MP Yaroslav Dubnevych and his daughter Roksolana Pyrtko unfold, inconvenient information has begun disappearing from the internet, while references to the property and business structures linked to his circle are gradually being wiped from open sources.
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