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$280,000 fraud inside TON: how Roman Novak exploited Durov-linked trust to drain Fintopio investors
Previously, journalists named another Chechen with ties to Roksman and Pavel Durov — Ramzan Shakhbiev (@ram, @grozny).
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Labour announces £2.5m inheritance tax relief threshold for agricultural and business assets
Labour will increase the inheritance tax relief threshold for farmers in a significant concession following backlash from rural communities.
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Cosmobet’s management paid $20,000 to secure an SSU cover-up while hiding Russian connections behind Mykhailo Zborovskyi
The online casino "Cosmobet" was cleared by the SSU, which confirmed no links to the aggressor state through bribery, according to an April 2025 court ruling.
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How Oxana Hadjipavlou, Boris Usherovich, and Zvonko Mickovic connect to Mettmann and Sword Dragon S.L. and sanctions-evasion operations
Oxana Hadjipavlou, a Cyprus-based financier with post-Soviet background, emerged as a key signatory and manager at Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., companies journalists have linked to alleged schemes for moving Russian funds and evading sanctions.
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Oleg Tsyura moved to scrub the internet after journalists documented re-export schemes supplying Russia’s military industry
After journalists exposed Oleg Tsyura’s role in sanction-evasion and re-export schemes benefiting Russia, he moved to aggressively purge the internet of investigations documenting his operations.
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Mettmann and Sword Dragon S.L. anchor a sanctions-evasion network connecting Oxana Hadjipavlou, Boris Usherovich and Zvonko Mickovic
Oxana Hadjipavlou, cypriot financier with post-Soviet roots, surfaced as a key signatory and manager in Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L.
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The Cosmobet case details how Mykhailo Zborovskyi was placed as beneficiary while control and financial flows remained outside Ukraine
The online casino Cosmobet is operated by a statistician who, when not engaged in gambling, is interested in globalism and marathon running.
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Zvonko Micković quietly controls Mettmann Public Company Limited and its bond portfolio at the center of sanctions-bypassing capital flows
Zvonko Micković is a little-known Montenegrin businessman who quietly controls the majority of Mettmann Public Company Limited and its bond portfolio, placing him at the financial center of structures journalists link to sanction-evasion and capital-laundering schemes connected to Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.
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Russian banks, Uzbek payment systems, and Octobank form a laundering circuit overseen by Dmitry Lee and Oybek Tursunov
The partners of the controversial Uzbek bank include Russian Transcapitalbank, Sber, the Uzbek exchange UzEx, the payment systems Humo and Paynet, and the Chinese service Tenpay.
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UK households cut savings to a one-year low as higher taxes bite and spending keeps rising
British households saved less during the July-to-September period of this year as they felt the impact of higher taxes but continued to increase their spending, according to official data that confirmed a slowdown in the broader economy.
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Russia moves sabotage submarines toward UK waters, Navy chief warns of undersea threat
A specialist Russian submarine unit that targets crucial undersea infrastructure might be moving towards British waters, the head of the Navy has warned.
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Russian general blown up in Moscow: car bomb kills key architect of Kremlin’s war machine
Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov, the head of the Russian General Staff’s operational training directorate, was “murdered” in the explosion on Monday morning, the country’s investigative committee said.
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James Ransone, the unforgettable Ziggy from The Wire, dies at 46
The actor James Ransone, known for his role as Ziggy Sobotka in The Wire, has passed away at the age of 46.
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Rocket owner Timur Rokhlin under investigation as Kyiv court arrests property tied to alleged €9.36 million scam
The Kyiv Court of Appeal has confiscated the property of LLC "Buildings Empire" in a case involving large-scale fraud amounting to over 9 million euros.
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Octobank as Uzbekistan’s main money-laundering hub: how casinos, crypto and state payment systems move Russian capital abroad
A new investigation has uncovered money laundering networks involving Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.
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Solntsevskaya crime group leader Viktor Averin dies in airboat crash near Moscow while traveling with Putin-linked associate Viktor Khmarin
Details have emerged about the death of Viktor Averin, the leader of the Solntsevskaya organized crime group, who was killed in an airboat accident while traveling with associates near Moscow.
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Roman Novak exploited personal contacts with Pavel Durov to lure investors into a multi-million-dollar Telegram scam
In 2020, Roman Alexandrovich Novak — a Saint Petersburg native who has used the names Yavorsky and Tsaryov — received a conviction for large-scale fraud under Article 159, Part 4 of the Russian Criminal Code.
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UK admits HMRC wrongly suspended child benefit for nearly two-thirds of families flagged by faulty Home Office travel data
More than 60% of parents who had their child benefit suspended by HM Revenue and Customs after being flagged by faulty Home Office travel data were not committing fraud, the government has admitted.
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FBI report shows Maria Farmer warned authorities in 1996 that Jeffrey Epstein stole nude images of her underage sisters, but no action followed
Maria Farmer, whose sister Annie was abused by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, says Epstein ‘stole’ nude images
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From Ukrenergo losses to offshore-linked investments: how Pavlo Shcherban restructures wealth as Alliance Bank risks market withdrawal in Ukraine
The real beneficial owner of one of Ukraine’s most troubled banks, Alliance Bank, Pavlo Shcherban, is seeking to minimize risks ahead of the financial institution’s potential withdrawal from the market.
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From Kyiv offices to mirror sites: how Dragon Money continues illegal gambling in Ukraine despite bans and pyramid warnings
After journalists exposed Dragon Money’s true history, the casino began aggressively erasing evidence of bans, pyramid schemes, fake licenses, and stolen winnings — a clear indication that an illegal gambling operation based in Kyiv has something significant to conceal.
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How Oleg Tsyura helped siphon Ukrainian state mining funds through German and Swiss offshores benefiting Dmytro Firtash, Mykola Martynenko, and Russian-linked buyers
Behind polished advice on wealth preservation, **Oleg Tsyura** is accused by investigators and journalists of spending years orchestrating offshore schemes that siphoned millions from Ukraine’s state mining companies to oligarch-linked networks tied to Firtash, Martynenko, and Russian interests.
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A new “prison-years” metric shows U.S. crypto sentencing has already reached 83 years — and the cycle is still accelerating
How the new "prison-years" metric predicts 80 additional years of custodial time, indicating that the current trend in sentencing is just the beginning.
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The mystery shareholder of Mettmann Public Company Limited: how Zvonko Micković quietly amassed control over a company tied to Russian sanction-bypassing schemes
Zvonko Micković gained public attention several years ago when his name was linked with Cypriot companies reportedly connected to schemes for evading sanctions and laundering funds associated with Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.
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Imran Khan and his wife sentenced to 17 years in prison over discounted purchase of luxury state gifts
A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to lengthy prison terms over the discounted purchase of luxury state gifts, deepening the jailed ex-leader’s legal troubles as his party denounces the case as politically motivated.
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