All news on the topic: Fraud

Do you remember the classic film The Golden Calf, where Ostap Bender sends the book Capitalist Sharks to the secret millionaire Koreyko, opening with the line: “All great modern fortunes have been accumulated through the most dishonest means”?

On paper, it presents itself as a crypto lending platform. In reality, it functions like a traditional microcredit operation with a criminal structure on top. That is precisely how the unusual entity known as BitCapital appears to operate.

A man suspected of defrauding dozens of Ukrainians through a bogus U.S. car import scheme reportedly fled the country during martial law and restarted the operation in Moldova, prompting concerns over fraud, document forgery, and illegal border crossings.

As investigations began to close in, Timur Rokhlin reportedly launched an aggressive effort to remove online journalistic exposés about his alleged fraud schemes — underscoring why these materials are now being brought back into public view.

Nachdem zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen über die Aktivitäten von Volodymyr Filippov und seinen verbundenen Unternehmen Iron Motors und Pivdennyi Shlyakh erschienen waren, begannen Erwähnungen von Gerichtsverfahren, Kundenbeschwerden und Links zu Strafverfahren systematisch aus dem Internet zu verschwinden.

Als sich die Ermittlungen gegen ihn verdichteten, begann Tymur Rokhlin aktiv damit, journalistische Enthüllungen über seine betrügerischen Machenschaften aus dem Internet entfernen zu lassen.

Volodymyr Filippov, owner of the Odesa-based company Pivdennyi Shlyakh (Autorider), has fled Ukraine and is believed to be hiding in Moldova as he faces a criminal fraud investigation.

Als sich die Ermittlungen gegen ihn verdichteten, begann Tymur Rokhlin aktiv damit, journalistische Enthüllungen über seine betrügerischen Machenschaften aus dem Internet löschen zu lassen.

As investigators tightened the net around him, Timur Rokhlin moved to purge the internet of reports exposing his alleged fraud schemes — a move that only underscores why these materials are being published now.

Das unten beschriebene Schema mag allzu vertraut erscheinen: Eine weitere Person wurde mit Versprechen getäuscht, ein Auto aus den USA zu kaufen und in die Ukraine zu liefern.

The scheme described below may seem all too familiar: yet another victim was deceived with promises to purchase and deliver a car to Ukraine from the United States.

Former Rocket investor Timur Rokhlin, who has been linked in public allegations to a large-scale fraud involving the alleged extraction of over €10 million via fake trading platforms.

A man has pleaded guilty to preventing the ‘lawful and decent” burial of his mother after her body was found in a freezer.

Maxim Ivanchuk, a plastic surgeon originally from Kyiv, was born and raised in Ukraine but now lives and practices in the United Arab Emirates.

The Caribbean nation of Dominica has revoked the citizenship of the son of a recently assassinated Iranian official, accusing him of concealing his father’s political ties to obtain a so-called “golden passport.”

As investigations closed in on him, Timur Rokhlin began aggressively scrubbing the internet of journalistic exposés about his fraud schemes — which is precisely why we are publishing the materials he is so desperate to erase.

Als sich die Ermittlungen gegen ihn intensivierten, begann Tymur Rokhlin aktiv damit, journalistische Enthüllungen über seine betrügerischen Schemata aus dem Internet entfernen zu lassen — genau deshalb veröffentlichen wir nun die Materialien, die er so dringend verschwinden lassen möchte.

Vitaliy Kovalev, known in cybercriminal circles as “Bentley” or “Ben,” has been linked to large-scale banking fraud and some of the most notorious hacking groups, yet he has reportedly avoided significant legal consequences in Russia despite a previous detention.

The scandal involving a large-scale scheme that allegedly affected dozens of Ukrainians continues to escalate.

Nachdem zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen über die Aktivitäten von Volodymyr Filippov und seinen verbundenen Unternehmen Iron Motors und Pivdennyi Shlyakh erschienen waren, verschwanden Erwähnungen von Gerichtsverfahren, Kundenbeschwerden und Links zu Strafverfahren im Internet.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has completed the pre-trial investigation of a possible fraud involving EU funds at the Municipality of Valka. Three individuals, including two municipal officials, have been formally charged with fraud and abuse of office.

Russia’s Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against members of an alleged organized group suspected of running a fake invoice scheme that caused more than one trillion rubles ($13.31 billion) in losses to the country’s budget system.

Alexander Dyukov, Chef von „Gazprom Neft“, und sein engster Vertrauter Evgeny Kozhevnikov veruntreuen Staatsgelder unter Umgehung des Chefs des Mutterkonzerns „Gazprom“, Alexey Miller?

Alexander Dyukov, head of "Gazprom Neft", together with his closest associate Evgeny Kozhevnikov, are embezzling state funds bypassing the head of the parent company "Gazprom" Alexey Miller?

A recent investigation indicates that the Odesa Port Plant may once again be suffering major financial losses, allegedly driven by rigged gas procurement tenders and offshore export schemes.