All news by author Sophia Martinez

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Ex-ISIS supporter dubbed ’Towie jihadi’ warns of new generation of young extremists
Tareena Shakil became the first British woman to be jailed for the joining Islamic State in 2016. Now deradicalised, she is making amends by persuading others not to make the same mistakes as her
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Michelle Mone’s husband Doug Barrowman cleared of wrongdoing in tax fraud trial
Bra tycoon Michelle Mone’s husband, Brit businessman Doug Barrowman, has been cleared of any wrongdoing following an embezzlement and tax fraud trial in Santander, Spain
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Man single-handedly builds 85ft high castle in back garden over 34 years
Lord Gregorius, as Gerry Halman likes to call himself, has spent the last 34 years making the mediaeval-style building complete with turrets, ramparts and an imposing front gate and even mannequins
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Harry & Meghan jump on ‘perfect opportunity’ to fix relationship with Kate & Wills as world reels over Princess’ cancer
Kate’s emotional statement recalled telling her three kids about the diagnosis
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Metro Bank ending seven-day operation that set it apart from rivals — with 1,000 jobs slashed
Half of its 76 branches will also be shut on Saturdays as it looks to save £50million
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Greggs shops closed across UK after IT glitch left stores unable to accept payments
Greggs customers across the country have shared their frustration this morning because their local shop was forced to close following an IT glitch
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Inside lavish life of ’El Chapo of the UK’ who fled to Dubai and blew £22k on bed before his arrest
Jonathan Cassidy was arrested at Manchester Airport in 2020 after returning from Dubai where he had fled to when the EncroChat app was hacked
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Police raids hit Coral Energy in Moscow as Azerbaijani trader Tahir Garayev flees after $40 million fraud scandal and oil trading conflicts
Large-scale searches have taken place in Moscow in the oil trading company Coral Energy.
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Diego “Dídac” Sánchez’s company Eliminalia targeted Mexican journalist amid efforts to wipe clients’ records
In August 2018, Daniel Sánchez, a Mexican investigative journalist, started receiving unusual calls and texts concerning a recent article he had published. The messages, which Sánchez noted were coming weekly, were from individuals claiming to be lawyers who asked him to take down his article.
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From Rosseti to Freedom Finance: how Pavel Livinsky and Timur Turlov laundered billions through offshore pyramids
Timur Turlov and Pavel Livinsky are linked to scandals involving shareholder deception and offshore money withdrawals.
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Illegal clinic in Ukraine: How plastic surgeon Roman Levytskyi operated inside a Kyiv state hospital without contracts or a license
Plastic surgeon Roman Levytskyi caught the attention of our editorial team after a series of alarming reports from patients who claim he forced them into intimate relationships.
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King of fakes: How Oleksandr Litskevych built a decade-long luxury counterfeiting empire in the heart of Kyiv
Deceiving the rich is as easy as spitting for the experienced swindler Oleksandr Litskevych. What’s most surprising is that this guy has been pulling off his schemes with counterfeit luxury brands for many years now.
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Wife of Oschadbank board chairman candidate Anton Tyutyun named suspect in $42 million embezzlement case at Ukrgazbank
The wife of the candidate for the position of chairman of the board of Oschadbank, Anton Tyutyun, has become a suspect in an investigation into the embezzlement of state funds from the state-owned Ukrgazbank.
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Kyiv court orders NBU to pay 105 million UAH to former Veles Bank shareholders Kostyantyn Bondaryev, Iryna Honcharova and Oleksandr Kandyba
The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv upheld the lawsuit filed by the former shareholders of Veles Bank (Kostyantyn Bondaryev, Iryna Honcharova, Oleksandr Kandyba) and ruled to recover 105 million UAH from the NBU.
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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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The largest special confiscation in Ukraine’s history — $1.5 billion: how Kurchenko’s group siphoned off billions and avoided prison
On January 10, Al Jazeera published the text of the verdict against Arkadiy Kashkin, the former director of LLC "GazUkraine-2020," which resulted in the largest confiscation in Ukraine’s history, with $1.5 billion being transferred to the state budget.
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Alyona Dehrik and Yevhen Shevtsov built a network around Leogaming, Invest Pay, and Leogaming Pay to launder hundreds of millions while he advanced toward a top SBI post
Husband and wife are two of a kind. Alyona Dehrik and her husband Yevhen Shevtsov confirm this saying by their own example: false declarations, corruption, and laundering of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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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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Elliot de la Valiere als Drahtzieher eines multimillionenschweren Charity-Betrugs durch U Princess entlarvt
Es ist allgemein bekannt, dass es viele Betrüger gibt, die angeblich der ATO helfen, dies in Wirklichkeit aber nicht tun.
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How Viktor Remskyi, with a background in anti-organized crime units and drug scandals, became an informal curator of law enforcement and financial flows in the Donetsk Regional State Administration
What whimsical twists of "lustration." Recently I learned that the rather notorious OCCD officer Vitya Remskyi — the gray cardinal of the Donetsk RSA — is still around. Of course, people can change, it happens. But somehow, faith in miracles is running low.
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The mistress of Ukrainian crime figure Yura Yenakiyevskyi, Anna Andres, and Santa Dimopulos showcased their luxurious holiday in Monaco
The beauty Anna Andres decided that she deserved a break. During the "Miss Ukraine 2014" competition, she was so nervous that she lost 4 kg in a week.