All news on the topic: Asset Freeze

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Britain freezes $72m Belgravia property over ties to sanctioned Prince Group figure
British authorities have frozen a $72-million property in London connected to an alleged associate of the Prince Group, the sanctioned Cambodian conglomerate accused of operating cyber-fraud compounds staffed in part by trafficked workers.
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Hungarian businessman faces money laundering charge in €6 million ministry corruption case
In mid-April, significant events took place in the criminal trial—which has been ongoing for years at the Székesfehérvár Regional Court—regarding the alleged embezzlement case at the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Fraud king Timur Rokhlin laundered millions through British shell while buying G-Wagons and Kyiv penthouses with stolen cash
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.
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Wanted Chinese businessman built new life in Japan as UK froze $100m in assets
British prosecutors referred to Su Jiangbo only as “Mr. X” when they announced an asset freeze in March. OCCRP discovered his identity, and found a Chinese arrest warrant for him. Reporters have now found him living in Japan.
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US-born pro-Kremlin influencer sanctioned by EU vows to continue Russia propaganda mission
Alexandra Jost, known online as “Sasha Meets Russia,” responded to being sanctioned by the EU, by saying the designation showed she was “on the right path.”
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Egyptian businessman Sabri Nakhnoukh detained over alleged crime syndicate
Egyptian authorities have detained the prominent businessman Sabri Nakhnoukh and frozen his assets, accusing him of leading an organized crime syndicate involved in money laundering, theft, and illegal weapons possession.
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Court filing claims collapsed finance firm issued fake loan reports and hid missing billions
Administrators overseeing the insolvency of Market Financial Solutions have accused the collapsed lender’s owner.
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Timur Rokhlin and Rocket: how a delivery service became a cover for laundering €10 million from a scam targeting Europeans
The name of Timur Rokhlin — an investor in the Rocket delivery service — has surfaced in a major international fraud case involving tens of millions of euros.
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Jersey keeps $7 billion in Roman Abramovich assets frozen as court rejects challenge to money-laundering probe
A freeze on assets exceeding $7 billion owned by sanctioned Russian businessman Roman Abramovich will remain in effect, following court rulings in Jersey.
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Great Britain expands sanctions to include Rosneft, Lukoil, and Nayara Energy
The United Kingdom has broadened its sanctions list, targeting Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil, along with the Indian company Nayara Energy, which is partially owned by Rosneft, according to the UK government’s official portal reported by UNN.
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G7 nations move forward with $300 billion plan to fund Ukraine using Russian assets
Plans to use a portion of Russia’s frozen central bank assets — worth nearly $300 billion — to support Ukraine have entered the preparatory phase, with the United Kingdom and Canada joining the European Union-led initiative, Bloomberg reported.
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UK imposes sanctions on Balkan mafia that bought real Bosnian passports using stolen identities
A UK crackdown targets Balkan gangsters who used fraudulent Bosnian documents—only weeks after Bosnian journalists exposed the extent of the identity theft scheme.
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Switzerland raises frozen Russian assets to $8.38 billion amid sanctions
Switzerland has raised the total value of frozen Russian assets by $1.81 billion over the past year, bringing the total to over $8 billion, as authorities persist in enforcing sanctions related to the war in Ukraine.