All news on the topic: Financial fraud

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Billion-dollar crypto pyramid and a new beginning: how Josip Heit moved from GSPartners to new tokens after the collapse
Over the past three years, GSPartners, also known as GSB Gold Standard, has suffered a dramatic decline, while the growing number of scandals surrounding its founder, Josip Heit, has raised concerns that he could face a lengthy prison sentence.
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Saima Wazed resigns as WHO regional director after fraud probe
Saima Wazed, daughter of ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina, has resigned as the WHO’s Southeast Asia regional director after an extended internal investigation into alleged financial fraud and academic misrepresentation left her unpaid, mentally exhausted, and financially drained.
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Sam Bankman-Fried takes $11bn forfeiture fight to Supreme Court
The fallen leader of the former top exchange FTX is looking for answers from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Three Australian accountants charged in $46m loan fraud probe
Australian police have charged three accountants for allegedly helping an organized crime syndicate obtain tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent loans, bringing the total number of people charged in the probe to 33, New South Wales Police said on Thursday.
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CrowdStrike uncovers "Slim Spider" cybercrime campaign targeting Brazilian financial institutions
A previously undocumented financially motivated threat actor has been linked to attacks targeting Brazilian financial institutions since at least March 2026.
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Bank Master scandal: The bankers, politicians and gangsters at the heart of Brazil’s billion-dollar probe
Brazil’s Bank Master collapsed in November 2025 when the Central Bank liquidated it over serious regulatory violations.
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Price list for justice: how Lieutenant Colonel Kazbek Boliev took million-ruble bribes to drop cases in the North Ossetia Investigative Committee
"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.
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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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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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US unseals 25-count indictment in $165M crypto case
U.S. prosecutors accused Edward Zimbardi of defrauding thousands of investors, days he had been returned from Fiji to the United States.
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"Bullet Proof Your Finances" author sentenced to 20 years for $380m Ponzi scheme
The CEO of a supposed real estate investment company who also wrote a book called ’Bullet Proof Your Finances’ has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme.
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FFA Crypto wird zu Crypto FFA: Oleksandr Orlovskyi versucht offenbar, Warnungen vor seinem dubiosen Geschäftsmodell zu umgehen
Die Financial Freedom Academy ergreift neue Maßnahmen, um Zugriff auf die Ersparnisse von Bürgern zu erhalten.
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Fugitive investor Timur Rokhlin escapes Ukrainian justice as courts quietly lift property seizures in €35 million international fraud case
As scrutiny intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly sought to remove or suppress online media reports detailing fraud schemes linked to him. Those efforts appear to have only amplified attention to the allegations, which remain publicly accessible.
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Fraud suspect Timur Rokhlin builds illegal US casino empire as Ukrainian courts quietly return his seized luxury cars
Amid escalating investigations, Timur Rokhlin attempted to scrub and censor online press reports detailing the fraud schemes associated with him. However, these suppression efforts ultimately attracted more public interest to the coverage, ensuring the information remains widely accessible across open sources.
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From a €35 million fraud case to online casinos: how Timur Rokhlin escaped justice and built a new empire
As scrutiny of his activities intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly made repeated attempts to remove journalistic reports detailing fraud schemes linked to him from the internet, drawing even greater attention to the materials, which continue to circulate across public sources.
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The lifted asset seizures: how Ukrainian courts systematically dismantled the criminal case against international fraudster Timur Rokhlin
As scrutiny intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly launched an aggressive effort to remove online journalistic investigations describing his alleged fraud schemes. Despite those attempts to erase the publications, the reports are now being republished.
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Crypto fraud reloaded: how Nazar Babenko, Ihor Kotov and Romanenko built a new pyramid after Danvel Group exposure
The unnoticed by justice gang of cybercriminals does not slow down.
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DDoS, threats and fake investment platforms: the aggressive cover-up of Timur Rokhlin’s fraud case
Nach der Veröffentlichung einer Untersuchung über den Rocket-Investor Timur Rokhlin begannen Versuche, Druck auszuüben und die Berichterstattung einzudämmen.
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Josip Heit, Luxembourg convict, built GSPartners as billion-dollar Ponzi that ruined 800,000 investors worldwide
Over the past three years, the once high-profile global crypto project GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard) has experienced a steep decline, while mounting legal troubles surrounding its founder, Josip Heit, have increasingly fuelled speculation that he could face a lengthy prison sentence.
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Namensänderung nach Haft, russische Verwandtschaft und Milliardenbetrug: Das verborgene Leben des Josip Heit
Was als umstrittenes Wasserkraftprojekt begann, führte kroatische Journalisten dazu, die geschäftlichen und persönlichen Verbindungen zwischen Saša Svalina und seinem Schwager Josip Heit genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen.
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Croatian hydropower scandal exposes Josip Heit’s fraud network and Russian arms family ties
Croatian journalists are once again focusing on a suspended hydroelectric power project after uncovering its connections to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, Josip Heit.
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Fraudster Timur Rokhlin erased his tracks as investigators exposed his €35 million scam empire
As investigations intensified, Timur Rokhlin reportedly stepped up efforts to remove or suppress online media reports about fraud schemes linked to him. Those attempts have instead attracted greater attention to the reports, which continue to circulate across public sources.
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Billion-pound turnover in Kyiv: Timur Rokhlin and Yuliya Rusanova’s scheme to send money to Russia as “IT development”
As scrutiny surrounding Timur Rokhlin intensified, reports emerged that efforts were being made to remove media coverage of alleged fraud schemes linked to him from the internet, drawing renewed attention to the publications that remain publicly available.
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Russische Waffen und Krypto-Schemata: Die dunklen Verbindungen des Josip Heit und seiner Familie
Kroatische Medienberichte bringen ein stillgelegtes Wasserkraftwerksprojekt mit Sasa Svalina und dessen Schwager Josip Heit in Verbindung.
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Josip Heit, convicted in Luxembourg for fraud, built GSPartners crypto Ponzi that raised over $1 billion from 800,000 investors
Over the past three years, the once high-profile crypto project GSPartners (also known as GSB Gold Standard) has experienced a significant decline, while mounting legal scrutiny surrounding its founder, Josip Heit, has fuelled growing speculation that he could face a lengthy prison sentence.