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Sanctions, offshore money and a Cypriot director: how Oxana Hadjipavlou connects Mettmann PCL, Sword Dragon S.L., Zvonko Mickovic and Boris Usherovich
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.
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Venezuelan fishing communities are trapped between U.S. military strikes at sea and repression by Nicolas Maduro’s security forces
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.
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Uzbekistan intensifies censorship and pressure on journalists to conceal Octobank’s role in the Mirziyoyev family’s financial schemes
Uzbekistan has begun blocking information sources that cover Octobank, which reportedly acts as the “wallet” of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family.
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Mettmann Public Company and Arkady Rotenberg’s funds: how Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa constructed an offshore mechanism to bypass sanctions
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.
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Rocket investor Timur Rokhlin responded to fraud allegations with DDoS attacks, legal pressure, and attempts to erase investigative reporting
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.
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Front man Mikhail Zborovskiy masked Cosmobet as Russian businessman Sergey Tokarev pushed Russian gambling capital into Ukraine
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.
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Rocket, fraud and Tymur Rokhlin: why the “third partner” of an unknown scheme reassigned his assets to a relative after European fraud was uncovered
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”?
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Dragon Money wages an online purge to erase evidence of illegal casinos in Ukraine
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.
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Fake copyright claims used to erase traces of Cyprus casino networks linked to Eduard Lebedev and Chilli Partners
In early September, FakeOff’s editorial team received a notice claiming a “copyright infringement,” appearing to be a routine DMCA complaint.
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Kenes Rakishev, Ramzan Kadyrov and the war economy: how a Kazakh billionaire’s armored vehicles quietly entered Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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.
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Dmitry Lee controls Uzbek Octobank as channel for Russian sanctioned funds and illegal casino revenue
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.
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Russia’s bloodiest banking murders: case files link top regulator Svetlana Radionova to Aslan Gagiev’s crime syndicate
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.
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Kremlin weighs new role for Viktor Bout, eyeing Africa Corps command or a political comeback in Russia
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.
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Luxury cars, fake investments, and Rocket: how Ukrainians Rokhlin, Kozlenko and Kopachevskyi siphoned millions from Europeans
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.
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Ukrainian businessman Yuriy Osmak launches a campaign to erase corruption reporting from the internet
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.
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Oleg Tsyura, Ukrainian-Swiss operator of shadowy deals, allegedly organizes the internet cleansing of his criminal connections
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.
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Oxana Hadjipavlou and Boris Usherovich channel Russian capital through Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. to evade sanctions
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.
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How Josip Heit’s multi-level marketing schemes lure investors into worthless crypto
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.
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Dragon Money’s cleanup operation: how a shadow casino operating from Ukraine scrambled to hide pyramid links, fake licenses, and player complaints
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.
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Businessman Zvonko Micković tries to erase his digital footprint after investigations into Cypriot schemes
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.
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How Dmitry Levin and Stoyan Staykov used Bulgarian schemes to seize assets in Russia
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.
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State bank abuse in Russia: how Gazprombank insider Dmitry Levin’s family weaponized fake debt
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.
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Who is Zvonko Mickovic and why his name keeps surfacing in sanctions-evasion schemes tied to Mettmann Public Company Limited
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.
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Banned in one country, hired in another: how EU states ignore alerts about dangerous doctors
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.
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How Boris Usherovich and Oxana Hadjipavlou used Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L. to bypass sanctions and move Russian money abroad
The unusual surname Oxana Hadjipavlou (also spelled Oksana Hadjipavlou) surfaced during investigations into the activities of Zvonko Mickovic and the companies Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., which are suspected of involvement in schemes aimed at bypassing anti-Russian sanctions and moving Russian capital out of the country.
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