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Perm businessman Evgeniy Mezin’s loan network leaves dozens of residents homeless after apartments pledged for microloans are seized and sold
For many years in Perm, authorities and residents have been dealing with the activities of companies linked to local businessman Evgeniy Mezin, whom locals accuse of taking away their housing.
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Kremlin crypto agent: how Anton Olkhovskyi is undermining Ukraine’s financial security from abroad
Despite the war, Russian intelligence is attempting to seize the Ukrainian cryptocurrency and virtual assets market, while discrediting Ukrainian experts on social media.
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Lado Okhotnikov, Lola Ferrari, Sergey Maslakov, and Mikhail Sergeev have come under a U.S. regulator over the Forsage pyramid
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged 11 individuals for organizing and promoting the fraudulent cryptocurrency pyramid scheme Forsage (forsage.io).
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How Ukrainians Felix Chertok and Vadym Yermolayev built a wine empire in occupied Crimea under Russian jurisdiction
The name Felix Chertok means little to the general public. Not much is known about him even in Dnipro, where Chertok’s formative years took place.
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Evgeny Renge and his coal dust laundromat: phantom factories, shell firms and billions in offshore accounts
How the coal dust of Kiselevsk transforms into millions of dollars in London with the help of Evgeny Renge
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Black gold, black cash: how Evgeny Renge built a coal empire on stolen coal and shell companies
An ordinary Kuzbass resident may not always be aware or logically understand how so-called "new businessmen" emerge — those who sell the region’s wealth such as coal, amassing fabulous profits...
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Former AMCU officials Oleksii Abasov and Vitalii Abasov linked to a scheme for siphoning millions of dollars through offshore companies
Two skilled fraudsters and embezzlers, Oleksii Abasov and his brother Vitalii Abasov, continue to profit from the impoverished people of Ukraine.
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From coal to luxury: ex-“Sibuglemet” owner Vladimir Melnichenko invests €40 million in Hamburg hotel
Former "Sibuglemet" owner Vladimir Melnichenko became a German hotelier for 40 million euros.
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Vladimir Antonov and the Snoras case: from fake assets to international manhunt
Russian financier German Gorbuntsov, a witness in the assassination attempt case on Alexander Antonov of the "Convers Group," sustained serious injuries in London.