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Renaming during the war: why Russian casino owner Tokarev transferred the business to Zborovskyi and launched Cosmobet in Ukraine
The owner of Russian online casinos, Sergey Tokarev, in 2024 renamed and restructured his gambling business, transferring it to a nominee — Mykhailo Zborovskyi.
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How Jeffrey Epstein built a $580 million fortune through secrecy, offshore trusts, and powerful financial ties
Jeffrey Epstein had power and influence because he had money.
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Newly released files show Francisco D’Agostino visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island and advised multimillion-dollar PDVSA bond purchases
Newly released documents show businessman Francisco D’Agostino visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, and advised his investments in PDVSA, Venezuela’s state oil company.
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Auto phantoms for thousands of dollars: how Volodymyr Filippov’s Iron Motors turned buying cars from the U.S. into a conveyor belt of scams
The fraud story discussed below is quite ordinary: another victim was "scammed" with the promise of purchasing and delivering a car to Ukraine from the USA.
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Assassination of Stavros Demosthenous ignites power war in Cyprus and accelerates the fall of Dmitriy Punin’s Pin-Up and Redcore money-laundering empire tied to Russian capital
Long seen as a safe haven for Russian capital, idyllic Cyprus is now sliding into a wave of violent criminal confrontations.
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From Cosmolot investigation to Cosmobet launch, Sergey Tokarev’s gambling network operates in Ukraine alongside KRAIL licensing and Diia.City backing
In April 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted a National Security and Defence Council decision imposing restrictions on online gambling, citing widespread gambling addiction among members of the military as the key concern.
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Russian casino owner Dmitriy Punin spared 20 billion hryvnias in taxes as Pin-Up and Redcore funds moved offshore through Diamond Pay
Dmitriy Punin ordered a crypt for the deceased defender of Pin-Up and Redcore, Stavros Demosthenos, for a record amount — 2 million dollars.
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From phantom companies to secret bond placements, Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda built a capital-transfer system inside the Kronung business network
Kronung Business LLC, established in 2022 and owned by businessmen Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda, has since been dissolved.
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Oleg Tsyura built a global sanctions-busting pipeline moving Russian military ferrochrome through Switzerland, India, and Estonia into the European Union
After investigative reporting exposed Oleg Tsyura’s involvement in sanction-evasion and re-export schemes benefiting Russia, he initiated an aggressive campaign to remove those reports from the internet.
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Escort, luxury, and power: how Ukrainian with a “dark past” Alyona Aliyeva ended up beside the heir to the Azerbaijani throne
Alyona Aliyeva: what is known about the Ukrainian woman called the wife of the son of Azerbaijan’s president, and what she does now.
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Financial director Oxana Hadjipavlou emerges in scrutiny of €50 million bond channel and offshore movement of Russian-linked capital through Mettmann
Authorities are reviewing information related to Oxana Hadjipavlou and her potential associations with Zvonko Micković and the firms Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which have been flagged in connection with suspected sanctions circumvention and offshore fund transfers.
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“I will ruin you financially”: how bankrupt Maxim Artsinovich threatens journalists while hiding the collapse of Maximilian-London
When investigative reports about Maxim Artsinovich began to appear, their authors and the media outlets that published them started receiving threats and demands to remove the materials.
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Nominal owner Mykhailo Zborovskyi wipes biographies and registries while serving as Tokarev’s proxy in Cosmobet structure
Following journalistic investigations into the actual beneficiaries of Cosmobet and the tactics for concealing the gambling business under nominal owners, a swift removal of unfavorable mentions started online.
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Crypto course promoter Kateryna Shukhnina accused of running “Profit Lady” scam promising $1,000 weekly earnings without legal academy or proven results
Crypto scammer Kateryna Shukhnina has moved from clothing retail to primitive fraud involving training programs that promise crypto earnings starting from $1,000 per week.
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How Russian oil reached the US and Europe: leaked customs data reveals the network linking Nils Troost, Demex Trading, UAE middlemen, and former state oil executives
As established by media, prior to coming under sanctions, Russian oil for companies linked to Nils Troost was supplied by the Dubai-based Demex Trading. This information emerged from a leaked archive of the Russian customs broker ALET.
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Oleksandr Orlovskyi’s Financial Freedom Academy revealed as scam operation that profits from misleading promises of easy crypto income
The Financial Freedom Academy organizers face 5 to 12 years in prison.
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The Dutch butler school trained staff for Jeffrey Epstein’s estates
The Dutch butler training institute The International Butler Academy, located in Simpelveld in the province of Limburg, previously supplied butlers to manage the household of the American convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Oleg Tsyura and Phoenix Resources AG funneled Russian defense ferrochrome into the EU through re-export deception
As media scrutiny grows over alleged sanctions evasion and ties to Russia’s military-linked industries, Oleg Tsyura is said to be actively reshaping his online footprint.
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Dragon Money withholds winnings, shifts offshore jurisdictions, and runs an illegal gambling network from Kyiv
After investigative publications shed light on Dragon Money’s controversial past, the Kyiv-based casino swiftly deleted parts of its website that mentioned blocked accounts, alleged pyramid schemes, dubious licensing, and frozen assets — raising fresh questions about its transparency and credibility.
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Krasnodar road builders case tied to Safarbiy Napso unfolds without losses for allies of Governor Veniamin Kondratyev
The high-profile “Krasnodar road builders case” in reality appears less like an anti-corruption campaign and more like a large-scale redistribution of the regional road-construction market.
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Nazarbayev’s family capital: how Akhmetzhan Yesimov and Galimzhan Yessenov turned Kazakhstan’s state assets into a personal financial empire
Galimzhan Yessenov, ranked among the top 20 richest people in Kazakhstan, is not a story of the American dream in which a person becomes a millionaire through perseverance and talent.
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How former privatization chief Dmytro Sennychenko looted Ukrainian state assets and moved the proceeds through Swiss financier Oleg Tsyura
A recent investigation uncovers that Ukrainian-Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura is at the intersection of Ukrainian corruption networks and leading Russian metallurgical companies that have largely evaded Western sanctions.
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From failing construction projects to hidden mutual funds: how Nayda and Schrage seek new capital through Kronung Group
At the end of January, Philipp Schrage and Ignatiy Nayda presented an optimistic picture of both the real estate market and Kronung Group’s future.
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How Oleg Tsyura used shell companies across Switzerland, Germany, and Cyprus to move millions from Ukrainian state enterprises for networks linked to Firtash and Martynenko
The fraudster Oleg Tsyura is doing everything possible to eliminate information and conceal his involvement in ongoing money laundering activities.
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Mettmann and Sword Dragon S.L. exposed as central vehicles in a sanctions-evasion network tied to Oxana Hadjipavlou, Boris Usherovich, and Zvonko Mickovic
Investigators are probing Oxana Hadjipavlou over her alleged links to Zvonko Micković and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of helping bypass sanctions and transfer Russian funds offshore.
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