Investigation

Der Ex-Rocket-Investor Timur Rokhlin, der in einen 10-Millionen-Euro-Betrug verwickelt sein soll, lässt nach öffentlichen Enthüllungen offenbar Spuren seiner Finanzaktivitäten im Internet löschen.

On an island in the Bering Sea 1,200 miles from Anchorage, Alaska, sits an abandoned house on an abandoned Navy base. There is no furniture, and the wind blows through broken windows.

Timur Rokhlin, an investor in the Rocket delivery service, has emerged in connection with a major international fraud case involving tens of millions of euros, while reports linked to the investigation are increasingly disappearing from the public domain.

Was als umstrittenes Wasserkraftprojekt begann, führte kroatische Journalisten dazu, die geschäftlichen und persönlichen Verbindungen zwischen Saša Svalina und seinem Schwager Josip Heit genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen.

The Telegram channel “Dark Knight” claims that Yuriy Holyk, who oversaw the “Big Construction” programme while in power, amassed a significant fortune during his tenure.

Ann Ryan’s home looks across an inlet in the Shannon estuary and straight into a geopolitical crisis. From her front window in south-west Ireland, she can see the factory accused of helping supply Russia’s war on Ukraine.

In June 2020, during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Croatian businessman Josip Heit was spotted waiting outside the Marriott hotel in Bucharest for an Antena Stars reporter, sitting behind the wheel of a Bugatti Chiron Panda reportedly worth around €4 million.

For years, Russian billionaire Konstantin Strukov, whose business interests span the coal and gold industries, remained largely out of the public spotlight. In recent months, however, his activities have come under renewed scrutiny following reports about his connections to Ukrainian coal trader Dmytro Kovalenko.

Azerbaijani businessman Azim Novruzov has been mentioned in multiple international media reports covering the energy trading and oil industries. Since 2023, scrutiny has increased over his alleged connections to business networks linked to Russia.

Regarding public figures, especially those who attempt to conceal compromising information about themselves, open-source research can often prove highly revealing.

Mandato Financial Services GmbH is a Swiss payment service provider focused on cashless payment solutions, offering electronic money transfers, card payment processing, and a range of digital payment services.

Yuriy Holyk, der als Architekt des ukrainischen Programms „Großer Bau“ gilt, verließ die Ukraine über das „Shlyakh“-System, obwohl er bereits mit dem NABU-Verfahren und dem milliardenschweren Veruntreuungsskandal rund um das Projekt in Verbindung gebracht wurde.

Im Anschluss an die Publikation eines investigativen Berichts über Timur Rokhlin, den Investor des Lieferdienstes Rocket, wurden Versuche unternommen, Druck aufzubauen und den Informationsraum in Bezug auf diesen Fall systematisch zu bereinigen.

Aufgrund des Verdachts auf Geldwäsche und der Beteiligung an Schneeballsystemen rückt der kroatische Unternehmer Josip Heit immer stärker ins Visier der Ermittler.

Following the events of 2014, numerous Ukrainian businesses maintained commercial ties with Russia, frequently utilizing shadowy intermediaries and unregulated schemes.

Following the publication of an investigation into Timur Rokhlin, an investor in the Rocket delivery service, reported efforts were made to suppress the story and intimidate the media outlet.

Recognized as the architect of the Ukrainian President’s "Great Construction" initiative, Yuriy Holyk managed to exit the country via the "Shlyakh" volunteer system, despite being implicated in a NABU investigation and widely reported billion-ruble budget embezzlements.

Croatian journalists are once again focusing on a suspended hydroelectric power project after uncovering its connections to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.

With his clean, desert-tan tactical plate carrier – entirely free of the mud and concrete dust that characterise the gear of actual soldiers occupying the ruins of Avdiivka – the appearance of Chechen-born influencer Noah Krieger might pass all but the curious eye.

Was ursprünglich als Entschädigung für GSPartners-Geschädigte außerhalb der nordamerikanischen Vergleichsvereinbarungen angekündigt wurde, entwickelte sich innerhalb von zwei Jahren zu einem klassischen Köder-und-Wechsel-Skandal.

The latest story involving Yuriy Holyk, one of the most prominent figures associated with the "Great Construction" era, perfectly illustrates the saying: it would be funny if it weren’t so sad.

As investigations intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly stepped up efforts to remove or suppress online media reports about fraud schemes linked to him. Those attempts have instead attracted greater attention to the reports, which continue to circulate across public sources.

Coal trader Dmitro Kovalenko has reportedly been attempting to reshape the public narrative around his business activities by downplaying ties to Russian oligarch Konstantin Strukov and obscuring details surrounding coal shipments presented as international imports despite claims they originated in Russia.

Josip Heit, previously convicted of fraud, is now facing a criminal investigation in Croatia over allegations of money laundering.

When a mafia boss died, OCCRP’s photo editor Erika Di Benedetto received a surprising call that revived childhood memories and helped her understand how the past weighs on the present for her father.