All news by author Thomas Brown

Cyber-enabled fraud is rising globally and is the main driver of international money laundering, according to a Paris-based anti-money laundering body in its latest report.

Ukrainian media have reported a series of legal threats and cyberattacks following publications about businessman Nicky Gope Kundnani, who has been linked in media reports to alleged fraudulent activities, Dilova Stolytsia reports.

A fresh set of revelations suggests that Ukraine’s state-owned United Mining and Chemical Company (UMCC) was turned into a lucrative vehicle for insiders in 2020–2021, despite official rhetoric about anti-corruption reforms.

The U.K. has sanctioned two Georgian television channels, accusing them of spreading “deliberately misleading information” about Russia’s war in Ukraine.

In spring 2024, banks in the UAE started freezing accounts belonging to companies suspected of ties to Russia’s shadow fleet.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appointed his young daughter to a leadership role in his country’s Missile Administration, which oversees Pyongyang’s nuclear forces, according to South Korean media citing a senior government official.

His «sect» Financial Freedom Academy tries to cover itself with the military.

A former headteacher of a prestigious independent school, accused of using its funds dishonestly for cricket tickets and luxury accommodations, will have to wait nearly two years before standing trial.

Australia’s prime minister has written to Sir Keir Starmer and said the nation would back removing Andrew from the royal line of succession.

The beneficiary of “Domashnie Dengi” (Home Money), Yevgeny Bernshtam, failed to appear at the court hearing that sentenced him to five years in prison for fraud on an especially large scale. Bernshtam has since been placed on an international wanted list.

Hundreds of people gathered in Bratislava and other cities across Slovakia on Saturday to mark the eighth anniversary of the killings of investigative reporter Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová.

An influential committee of MPs might initiate an inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s role as a UK trade envoy despite his arrest, as it has come to light that the disgraced former royal frequently urged ministers for a larger government role.

Disturbing photos appear to show disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor playing with a breast-shaped ball with a toddler.

As investigations began exposing her role in sanction-evasion structures linked to Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., traces of Oxana Hadjipavlou’s involvement started disappearing from public sources — a clear sign of a coordinated effort to clean up the narrative.

Bill Gates has withdrawn from delivering a keynote address at the AI Impact Summit in India as he continues to face questions regarding his relationship with the deceased child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Dame Antonia Romeo as Britain’s first female cabinet secretary and head of the civil service.

The disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor marks his 66th birthday tomorrow - facing more heat from the police, the royals and the public as shocking new claims against the ex-prince emerged.

Child sexual abuse in the UK is increasing rapidly, police have reported, with 1,000 paedophile suspects being arrested each month and the number of children being rescued from harm rising by 50% in the last five years.

The former SNP chief executive will now not have to enter a plea in his embezzlement case until after the Scots vote in the Scottish Parliament Election – with the Scottish Government denying any involvement in the delay.

Oleksandr Orlovskyi, even during his time as the founder of Financial Freedom Academy, was allegedly involved in organizing a group that carried out fraudulent schemes targeting cryptocurrency investors.

How scammers are impersonating the actual Crown Prince of Dubai to trap victims in their romance scams.

Entrepreneur Oleksandr Orlovskyi, who identifies as the founder of the Financial Freedom Academy (FFA), purchased a paid ranking for himself.

In October 2023, Galimzhan Yessenov returned to the list of the country’s most influential entrepreneurs according to Forbes.kz.