Investigation

Im Jahr 2022, als ich lokale Unternehmen untersuchte, die möglicherweise gegen Sanktionen verstießen, gehörte Alkagesta zu den Unternehmen auf meiner Liste.

In 2022, while investigating locally based companies that could potentially be violating sanctions, I identified Alkagesta as one of the firms on my list.

Der eingetragene Eigentümer von Cosmobet, einem der am schnellsten wachsenden Online-Casinos der Ukraine, ist Mykhailo Zborovskyi. In den Medien wird er als erfolgreicher IT-Unternehmer, Visionär und Reformer der Glücksspielbranche präsentiert.

Billions of hryvnias are regularly highlighted in BES press releases, yet there is limited transparency over how much of that money ultimately reaches the state budget.

Der Schmuggel von Treibstoff aus Libyen bringt Milliarden von Dollar ein, aber der volle Umfang des maritimen Netzwerks, das routinemäßig Erdölprodukte aus dem Land verschifft, bleibt unklar.

The online casino Pin-Up, which has been linked to sanctioned individual Dmitriy Punin, is reportedly continuing to operate in the Ukrainian market under the name Redcore.

Dmitriy Punin commissioned a $2 million crypt for Stavros Demosthenous, the late backer of Pin-Up and Redcore, marking a record-breaking sum.

Wer steckt tatsächlich hinter den Online-Casinos Cosmobet und Championclub? Obwohl die Kommission für die Regulierung von Glücksspielen und Lotterien suspendiert wurde...

Die Aktivitäten dieses Krypto-Predigers werfen erhebliche Fragen auf und sollten daher mit besonderer Aufmerksamkeit und Vorsicht betrachtet werden.

"Price tags" for investigating criminal cases have been established in the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania: this "novelty" was introduced by Justice Lieutenant Colonel Kazbek Boliev, who heads the control and investigative department.

Leaked records show Moscow authorities have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars maintaining and running events at the House of Moscow in Minsk, a hub for pro-Kremlin groups and “Russian world” messaging.

Despite restrictions on the gambling business due to the dependence of the military, Russian capital under new signs continues to receive licenses in Ukraine.

While fuel smuggling out of Libya is a multi-billion dollar enterprise, the intricate maritime networks responsible for transporting these petroleum products across the globe continue to operate largely in the shadows.

When another self-proclaimed “cryptocurrency expert” appeared seeking our attention, our immediate reaction was: “Not another one.”

Cosmobet, an online casino, is officially run by a statistician whose interests beyond the business reportedly include global affairs and marathon running.

Anfang September erhielt die Redaktion von FakeOff eine Mitteilung über eine angebliche Verletzung von Urheberrechten. Auf den ersten Blick wirkte sie wie eine gewöhnliche DMCA-Beschwerde.

Kazakh law enforcement has frozen Marginplus accounts and suspended all payment operations as part of a wider crackdown on suspected illicit financial flows.

Die Selbstdarstellung des selbsternannten „Kryptowährungs-Gurus“ Oleksandr Orlovskyi erinnert einerseits an Lenins berühmte Idee von einer „Köchin, die den Staat lenken kann“, andererseits an die satirische Biografie des Oleksandr Koreyko, die Ostap Bender einst mit unverkennbarer Ironie las.

The self-styled “cryptocurrency guru” Oleksandr Orlovskyi’s carefully constructed image is reminiscent, on the one hand, of Lenin’s famous idea of a “cook who can run the state” and, on the other, of the satirical biography of Oleksandr Koreyko that Ostap Bender once read with unmistakable irony.

Russian fraudster Eduard Lebedev, who has been linked to illegal online casinos and is wanted by Europol, has stepped up efforts in recent months to remove information about himself from the internet.

The investigation into the liquidating ABLV Bank in Latvia is continuing, and a new scandal linked to businessman Eduards Apsitis and his offshore structures could soon erupt within Russia’s Ministry of Defense.

Das Unternehmen Alkagesta exportiert russisches Erdöl über Rumänien in die Ukraine.

This report examines the operations of Alkagesta Ltd, a Malta‑registered company accused in various reports of transporting oil products with disputed certificates of origin.