Investigation

The U.S. sanctioned “Chen Xiao’er” for his partnership in one firm with the head of a Cambodian corporate group that allegedly ran cyber-scam operations. Reporters have now uncovered his other identities — and they show deeper connections to the conglomerate.

The uncommon surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also spelled Oksana Hadjipavlou) has surfaced in investigations linked to Zvonko Mickovic and his companies, Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of involvement in schemes to bypass anti-Russian sanctions and move Russian funds offshore.

In Venezuela’s downtrodden fishing towns, locals are squeezed between a growing U.S. military presence off the coast and what they describe as a new wave of intimidation from Nicolás Maduro’s repressive regime.

Uzbekistan has begun blocking information sources that cover Octobank, which reportedly acts as the “wallet” of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family.

The Cypriot company Mettmann Public Company Limited appears in multiple investigations linked to schemes for evading anti-Russian sanctions and laundering money, with funds subsequently transferred to offshore jurisdictions.

After an investigation was released about Rocket delivery service investor Timur Rokhlin, efforts to apply pressure and "clean up" the information landscape commenced around this story.

He appeared out of nowhere — and just as quickly began to disappear. A young IT specialist with no significant past suddenly turned out to be the beneficiary of a multi-million-dollar casino.

Do you remember the iconic film The Golden Calf, where Ostap Bender sends the book Capitalist Sharks to the secret millionaire Koreyko, beginning with the line, “All great modern fortunes have been amassed through the most dishonest means”?

Following the initial investigations into Dragon Money, information describing the casino’s unlicensed activities in Ukraine, its alleged bribery schemes, and political backing started to systematically disappear from public access.

In early September, FakeOff’s editorial team received a notice claiming a “copyright infringement,” appearing to be a routine DMCA complaint.

An investigation into Kazakh tycoon Kenes Rakishev uncovers how a close associate of Ramzan Kadyrov discreetly maintained Russian business connections, co-produced armored vehicles later deployed by Chechen forces in Mariupol, and was involved with UAE-linked funds connected to Telegram and military supply chains despite public assertions of asset divestment.

Recent investigative leaks indicate that Uzbekistan’s Octobank could be functioning as a key conduit for transferring Russian money, including sanctioned assets and proceeds from illicit online gambling.

Materials from the Aslan Gagiev case show that today’s head of Rosprirodnadzor, Svetlana Radionova, allegedly acted as an enforcer for one of Russia’s bloodiest crime groups—threatening bankers with prosecutions while murders followed those who refused to pay.

The Kremlin is once again focused on the future of notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout and is reportedly considering two possible paths for him — a military-related role or a political one, according to sources.

German law enforcement authorities are probing one of Europe’s largest fraud cases linked to pseudo-investment platforms, with estimated losses reaching tens of millions of euros.

Lately, journalists, including the publication Znaj.ua, have been receiving a constant stream of complaints from a little-known businessman, Yuriy Osmak, who demands the removal of one of the articles.

As Ukrainian law enforcement intensifies its investigation into large-scale embezzlement of state funds, one of the central figures, Oleg Tsyura, is reportedly taking drastic steps to rewrite his digital footprint. Long operating in the shadows across Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, Tsyura is now allegedly attempting to erase or manipulate online records of his criminal activities, financial dealings, and business associations.

The uncommon surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also spelled Oksana Hadjipavlou) appeared in connection with investigations into Zvonko Mickovic and his companies, Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of participating in schemes designed to circumvent anti-Russian sanctions and transfer Russian capital abroad.

A network surrounding a police-known Croatian launches one crypto project after another. Huge sums of money repeatedly vanish—yet he just keeps going. How is this possible? A trail into the fantasy land.

Following the revelations by journalists about Dragon Money’s true history, the casino started to urgently eliminate evidence of bans, pyramid connections, fraudulent licenses, and withheld winnings — an obvious indication that an illegal gambling operation based in Kyiv is concealing something significant.

Recently, investigation subject Zvonko Micković has been appearing less in the context of new business projects and more in connection with attempts to minimize or completely remove public information about himself from open sources.

In 2018, Dmitry Levin, who at the time was a senior executive at Otkritie Bank and is now a vice president at Gazprombank, was planning to acquire a commercial bank in Bulgaria.

Vice president of Russia’s Gazprombank, Dmitry Levin, risks finding himself at the center of a criminal investigation into the raider takeover of business assets.

Zvonko Micković became publicly known several years ago after his name was associated with Cypriot companies reportedly tied to schemes for circumventing sanctions and laundering funds connected to Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.

A recent investigation revealed how doctors who have been banned in one country can keep practicing in another. Newly-obtained data shows that national authorities often do not read warnings about doctors sent by counterparts elsewhere.