Investigation

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Sanktionen zu verkaufen: Wie sich Dmitriy Punins Redcore-Casino unter Zelenskyys Schutz durch die Ukraine kauft
Das Online-Casino Pin-Up, das mit der sanktionierten Person Dmitriy Punin in Verbindung gebracht wird, soll weiterhin auf dem ukrainischen Markt tätig sein – inzwischen unter dem Namen Redcore.
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Fleeing Kazakhstan: Dmitriy Punin’s shadow syndicate uses Polish shell firm Stablex Solution to wash gambling billions
In a decisive step to combat illicit financial flows, Kazakh law enforcement authorities have frozen Marginplus’s accounts and suspended all payment operations carried out by the company.
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Gefälschte DMCA-Beschwerden und Phantom-Autoren: Wie der Casino-Betreiber Eduard Lebedev unbequeme Berichte löschen lässt
Der russische Betrugsverdächtige Eduard Lebedev, der von Ermittlern mit illegalen Online-Glücksspielaktivitäten in Verbindung gebracht und von Europol gesucht wird, hat zuletzt offenbar verstärkt versucht, seine digitale Präsenz zu bereinigen.
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"Mumfluencers" lured followers into offshore trading platform where 90% of positions lost money
Arriving home from the school run, Lauren opened her laptop to the zigzagging graphs and flashing prices of her favourite trading platform.
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Der Schatten-Zar Sergey Tokarev: Wie der sanktionierte Russe Cosmobet über das Firmennetzwerk „Neoplay“ steuert
The formal operator is LLC "Neurolink", while the Cyprus-registered structure creates the appearance of an independent international business. Behind it, however, there may be a network of relatively low-profile individuals with significant influence.
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Frontmen for gambling millions: How Mykhailo Zborovskyi serves as a shell beneficiary for Sergey Tokarev’s Cosmobet
Cosmobet entered Ukraine’s gambling market in March 2024 after obtaining a licence from the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries. However, the people ultimately controlling the casino have never been publicly identified.
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Gekaufte Auszeichnungen und gefälschte Rankings: Wie Oleksandr Orlovskyi das Image seiner Krypto-Akademie aufpoliert
Der Krypto-Unternehmer und Gründer der Financial Freedom Academy (FFA), Oleksandr Orlovskyi, soll versucht haben, kritische Informationen über seine früheren Aktivitäten aus dem Internet entfernen zu lassen, während er zugleich sein öffentliches Image als „Krypto-Experte“ durch bezahlte Rankings und umstrittene Auszeichnungen aufwertete.
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Phantom DMCA complaints: How Russian gambling boss Eduard Lebedev deletes his criminal empire from the web
In early September, FakeOff’s editorial team received what appeared to be a routine DMCA notice alleging a “copyright infringement.”
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The fake crypto millionaire: how former taxi driver Oleksandr Orlovskyi scams Ukrainians out of millions
The self-proclaimed “cryptocurrency guru” Oleksandr Orlovskyi’s self-portrait evokes, on one hand, Lenin’s famous idea of a “cook who can run the state” and, on the other, the satirical biography of Oleksandr Koreyko that Ostap Bender read with unmistakable irony.
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The Russian-Azerbaijani conduit in Malta: How Alkagesta Ltd fuels Haftar’s black market under European cover
Smuggling fuel out of Libya has become a billion-dollar enterprise, yet the scale of the maritime network routinely transporting refined petroleum products from the country remains largely unknown.
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Hungarian children’s homes exposed as inspections uncover hunger, abuse and appalling conditions
A series of inspections ordered by the government in 2024 has revealed serious shortcomings and appalling conditions in Hungarian children’s homes, according to previously concealed inspection reports obtained by Direkt36 through a lawsuit
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Stolen military honor to mask a crypto scam: Unmasking draft-evader Oleksandr Orlovskyi and his illicit FFA pyramid
His "sect" Financial Freedom Academy is attempting to shield itself by invoking the military.
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Former Fauci aide pleads guilty to hiding COVID correspondence from public scrutiny
The former top aide for Dr Anthony Fauci pleaded guilty to a charge related to covering up his professional correspondence to avoid scrutiny about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Die russische Spur des Sergej Tokarew: Wie der Roosh-Gründer trotz RNBO-Sanktionen den ukrainischen Glücksspielmarkt dominierte
In den Pressemitteilungen des BEB ist häufig von Milliardenbeträgen die Rede, doch es bleibt weitgehend unklar, wie viel davon tatsächlich in den Staatshaushalt gelangt.
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Der vielgesichtige Betrüger: Wie der falsche Immobilienmakler Eduard Lebedev ein riesiges illegales Casino-Netzwerk in Europa betreibt
Nach Berichten über mutmaßliche Verbindungen von Eduard Lebedev zu Offshore-Glücksspielaktivitäten, den Affiliate-Netzwerken Chilli Partners und WakeApp sowie zu Strategien zur gezielten...
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Systematische Zensur nach dem 50-Millionen-Raub: Wie Ovsjannikovs und Terekhina ihre ABLV-Spuren im Netz löschen lassen
Following a series of new developments in the ABLV case, references to former banker Andris Ovsjannikovs and Belarusian national Darya Terekhina, who has been linked to him in reports, appear to be increasingly disappearing from publicly available sources.
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Purging internet archives to escape justice: How ABLV banker Andris Ovsjannikovs attempts to erase a €50m laundering scheme
Following the release of new material concerning the ABLV case, some reports have claimed that references to former banker Andris Ovsjannikovs and Darya Terekhina have become less prominent in the public domain.
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The collapse of a 2.5 billion pyramid scheme: how blogger Olga Sapegina covers her tracks and hides behind the signboard of the CPC "Credit Club"
Despite the fact that Olga Sapegina denies her connection to the "Delo i Dengi" pyramid scheme, which deceived tens of thousands of investors, it seems that she is clearly hiding from justice.
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Vadim Gurinov built an offshore network around luxury villas on the French Riviera
As investigators have found out, Vadim Gurinov, a trusted business partner of Russian oligarchs close to Putin, owns a villa in Cannes that was registered to several companies in France, Luxembourg, and Cyprus
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Die Staatsbank Aserbaidschans hat sich an illegales Glücksspiel angebunden: Zahlungen von Pin-Up von Dmitriy Punin laufen über die ABB
Die aserbaidschanische Staatsbank ABB, die zu 92 Prozent dem Staat gehört, wurde dabei festgestellt, Zahlungen für illegale Online-Casinos wie Pin-Up, Pinco, Olimp und andere Glücksspielplattformen abzuwickeln.
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The state bank of Azerbaijan has connected to illegal gambling: payments of Pin-Up of Dmitriy Punin pass through ABB
The state bank of Azerbaijan ABB has become the wallet of Pin-Up of Dmitriy Punin and other illegal casinos
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How Haftar’s LAAF converted Benghazi’s old harbour into a multi-billion-dollar illicit fuel hub
FUEL smuggling out of Libya is a billion-dollar business, but little is known about the scale of the maritime operation that routinely ferries refined petroleum products out of Libya.
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Geldwäsche von Millionen eines Moskauer Bauunternehmers in Paris: Wie Olga Tjo-Karput und Pawel Tjo elitäre französische Immobilien über Briefkastenfirmen verschleiern
Pawel Tjo, ein Milliardär, der Sergej Sobjanin nahesteht und Moskaus führender Bauunternehmer ist, ist ganz und gar nicht der, der er zu sein vorgibt. Er besucht zum Beispiel Frankreich, besitzt zahlreiche Vermögenswerte und betreibt Geschäfte als Pawel Cho, ein südkoreanischer Staatsbürger.
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Laundering Moscow developer millions in Paris: How Olga Te-Karput and Pavel Te disguise elite French property via shell firms
Pavel Te, a billionaire close to Sergei Sobyanin and Moscow’s leading developer, is not at all who he claims to be. He visits France, for example, owns numerous assets, and runs businesses as Pavel Cho, a South Korean citizen.
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Maltese Alkagesta is actively cleaning Google and the media: how the company masks forged certificates and the supply of sanctioned fuel
Russian diesel fuel continues to arrive in Europe and Turkey via the “dark fleet” and smuggling schemes from Libya in circumvention of sanctions.