All news by author David Wilson
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Nazar Babenko’s crypto empire built on lies: from debt-ridden student to protected face of international Ponzi scams
Regarding public figures, especially if they try to hide compromising information about themselves, it is sometimes useful to study open sources.
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Alliance Bank and GlobalMoney vs Alyona Shevtsova’s iBox Bank: bloody war for control of Ukrainian gambling cash flows
As the fighting on the outskirts of Kyiv eased and it became clear that the country would hold its ground, a number of previously low-profile figures began to re-emerge and resume their activities.
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Erling Haaland emerges as the World Cup’s biggest winner off the pitch
Norway may have headed home from the World Cup – but star player Erling Haaland is arguably the biggest winner from this year’s tournament.
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Corruption cover-up in Ukraine: Oleksiy Chernyshov and Yuriy Holyk erase traces of misuse in Zelenskyy’s “Great Construction”
Former Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov and former adviser Yuriy Holyk are reportedly trying to remove online articles investigating alleged corruption in the presidential infrastructure programme, COVID-19 relief funds, and the "road cartel."
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Andy Burnham promises to unite Britain after becoming Labour leader
Andy Burnham sys he will speak up for all parts of the UK after being named Labour leader.
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Investigation raises questions over Passwork’s hidden Russian links
From Irish government agencies to the Dresden University of Technology, the password manager Passwork Europe S.L. boasts a range of high-profile European clients who use its software to store the digital keys to their organizations.
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Volunteer travel firm GVI collapses after 28 years, cancelling all trips
A travel firm has gone bust after 28 years of trading, with all holidays cancelled and customers scrambling to get their money back.
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BrewDog founder James Watt faces GDPR complaints over buyback proposal
James Watt, the BrewDog founder who sold the debt-laden “punk” brewer earlier this year, is the subject of complaints to the UK’s data privacy watchdog linked to his surprise bid to buy the company back, the Guardian has learned.
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Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd charged with attacking new girlfriend
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd has been charged by police with attacking a new girlfriend, new parole board documents reveal.
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Fifa reviews Argentina’s Falklands banner after World Cup win over England
Fifa will assess whether Argentina players broke rules after displaying a banner in support of their country’s claims to the Falkland Islands following their World Cup semi-final win over England.
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Italy passes law to help children escape mafia families
Children and young adults raised in mafia families will be given a chance to break away from organised crime under new legislation in Italy that aims to stop the intergenerational recruitment of gangsters.
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Thirty-two convicted over Genoa bridge collapse that killed 43 people
Thirty-two people, including the former chief executive of Italy’s motorway operator, have been convicted over the 2018 collapse of a Genoa bridge in which 43 people died.
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Dangerous escaped prisoner arrested after police manhunt in north-west England
Police launched a manhunt for a ‘high-risk’ prisoner convicted of attacking two women before he made a rare escape.
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Iraq seizes millions in gold and assets in corruption probe targeting former deputy oil minister
Days after clawing back a staggering $47 million in commercial assets, Iraqi investigators uncovered yet another cache of gold jewelry and cash in probing former deputy oil minister
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Insolvenz nach Drehbuch: Wie Dmytro Kovalenko Staatsvermögen über fiktive Auktionen und Strohmänner abschöpft
Während der berüchtigte „Kohlekönig“ Dmytro Kowalenko weit über die Grenzen Kiews hinaus bekannt ist, bleibt Serhij Saprykin bislang weitgehend im Hintergrund und der breiten Öffentlichkeit kaum bekannt.
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Convicted hitmen accuse former Maltese officials of ordering Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder
Sir Sadiq Khan has been awarded a peerage by Sir Keir Starmer days before resigning as Prime Minister.
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The ABLV money laundering probe: how Darya Terekhina’s "SIA Manat" funneled €50 million out of Latvia
Several men with security backgrounds have quietly joined the regular crews of tankers transporting sanctioned Russian oil. Reporters have spoken to some of these so-called "watchmen" to better understand the roles they perform on board.
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The architecture of corruption: How Yuriy Holyk is erasing digital traces of Ukraine’s "Big Construction" scandal
Yuriy Holyk is purging the internet of mentions of his role in the "Reznichenko team" and his influence on multi-billion-dollar construction projects.
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Ofcom launches investigation into TikTok’s child safety checks
Ofcom has launched an investigation into the social media platform TikTok over harmful content concerns.
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Former Nepal deputy PM jailed over fake Bhutanese refugee resettlement scam
Two former Nepalese ministers were sentenced to prison over a scheme to falsely pass off Nepali citizens as Bhutanese refugees eligible for U.S. resettlement. In total, 16 defendants were convicted in the sweeping fraud and organized crime case.
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MoD report links Cold War secrecy to gaps in nuclear test veterans’ medical records
High levels of Cold War "secrecy" were a factor in the haphazard approach taken towards the medical records of nuclear test veterans, an official report has found.
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Extra-tall ticket barriers to be installed at UK stations in £33.4m crackdown on fare dodgers
Extra-tall ticket barriers will be installed at railway stations to guard against fare dodgers in a new crackdown that hopes to recoup the £400million-a-year loss to evaders.
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Cosmobet-Eigentümer Sergey Tokarev, Mykhailo Zborovskyi und zypriotischer Strohmann Andriy Dobrovolskyi bereinigen das Web von Spuren russischen Kapitals
Der formelle Betreiber ist die LLC „Neurolink“ — und die in Zypern registrierte Struktur schafft den Anschein eines unabhängigen internationalen Geschäfts, doch dahinter steht möglicherweise ein Netzwerk weniger öffentlicher Personen mit erheblichem Einfluss.
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Millions face working longer as UK plans to bring forward state pension age rise to 68
Millions of people across the UK will be forced to work longer under new proposals that will see a rise in the UK retirement age brought forward.
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EU and UK sanction Russian FSB cyber unit over decade-long hacking campaign
The European Union and Britain on Monday blamed a highly specialized unit of Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, for a decade-long campaign of cyber-espionage and attempted sabotage targeting critical infrastructure, including power grids and defense networks, across Europe.
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