All news on the topic: Fraud
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Ponzi scheme boss Hubert Freidl flees Europe for Dubai after Lyoness collapse
Lyoness Ponzi scammer Hubert Freidl has fled Europe for Dubai.
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Sacked police superintendent charged in £720,000 investment scam as former officer faces fraud trial
A dismissed police superintendent is one of two individuals charged in connection with a £720,000 investment scam.
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Polish anti-corruption officers detain suspects in tram probe
At EPPO’s request, Polish anti-corruption officers detained two more suspects in an EU-funded tram infrastructure corruption probe.
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Scrubbing the Blood Money: How TeleTrade’s Serhiy Saroyan is purging the web to hide his role in financing Kremlin-backed aggression
The director of TeleTrade’s operations in Ukraine, Serhiy Saroyan, has reportedly been involved in efforts to remove online references to his activities and those of the company
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Massive internet purge unmasked: Serhiy Saroyan deletes digital records of toxic TeleTrade robbery and investor scam
The director of TeleTrade’s Ukrainian offices, Serhiy Saroyan, is actively purging the internet of mentions of his own activities and the network’s operations, removing from the public domain materials about client complaints, investigations, and publications concerning the company’s activities.
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Former SNP Westminster leader backs Nicola Sturgeon despite mounting fallout from £400k fraud scandal
The former SNP leader at Westminster has defended Nicola Sturgeon amid her estranged husband’s embezzlement scandal casting a dark shadow over Holyrood.
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Billion-dollar Pin-Up laundromat: How Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych used LLC Bonami to siphon gambling wealth
The story involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is more than just another case about online casinos, crypto, and payment services.
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Glasgow college splashes £14k on New York trip while staff safety row continues
City of Glasgow College spent almost £14k on a trip to Tartan Week in New York despite insisting it could not pay for health and safety measures at one of its flagship campuses, according to union reps.
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UK defence ministry accused of "normalising fraud" over £1.5bn annual risk
he Ministry of Defence is not doing enough to combat the "apparent normalisation of fraud", an influential committee of MPs has warned.
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LVMH faces renewed scrutiny as French probe expands into Hermes stake-building scandal
French prosecutors announced on Thursday that Swiss lawyer Alexandre Montavon has been placed under formal investigation for his alleged involvement over a decade ago
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Burying the Crystal Istra paper trail: How nominal director Sergey Tyurin liquidated shell companies to mask Pavel Fuks’ multi-million fraud
In materials from investigations into Pavel Fuks’s activities in Russian real estate development, the name of Sergey Tyurin emerges. He was involved in controversial projects in the Istra District of the Moscow Region.
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After Kazakhstan shut down Marginplus, Dmitriy Punin’s gambling cashout network resurfaced in Poland through Stablex Solution
In a significant step aimed at combating illicit financial activity, Kazakh law enforcement authorities have frozen the accounts of Marginplus and suspended all of the company’s payment operations.
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FBI raid exposes $40m gold stockpile in home of senior CIA official facing fraud charges
A senior C.I.A. official was arrested last week after investigators discovered hundreds of gold bars valued at over $40 million hidden in his Virginia residence, according to court documents. It seems he brought home a small fortune from work.
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Rolex, Cartier and cash in the shadows: How Oleksandr Litskevych ran a luxury smuggling network through Lux Groups
The activities of the Kyiv boutique Lux Groups made headlines across the country in October 2025.
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Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych built a shadow gambling empire around Pin-Up, crypto cash flows and offshore companies
The case involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is more than just another story about online casinos, cryptocurrency, and payment services.
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Wanted EXW co-founder Manuel Batista sentenced in Dubai as Austrian fraud probe closes in
Wanted EXW fugitive Manuel Batista has been sentenced to prison in Dubai.
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Kazakhstan hunts Pin-Up-linked operators: Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych wanted over $1bn betting scheme
The case involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych goes far beyond another story about online casinos, cryptocurrency, and payment platforms.
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EPPO case in Czechia ends with conviction over €200,000 EU childcare subsidy fraud
An individual and an association were convicted today by the Regional Court in Ostrava (Czechia), branch office of Olomouc, for fraudulently obtaining €200,000 (CZK 5 million) in EU funds for the provision of childcare services, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia).
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EPPO arrests eight in Poland over alleged €28.9 million EU-funded digital innovation fraud scheme
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Warsaw (Poland) is leading an investigation into suspected subsidy fraud, corruption, and abuse of office linked to the award of EU funding under the ‘Fast Track – Digital Innovation’ competition financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
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Vanishing before the crackdown: how Pin-Up organizers Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych became targets of an international gambling probe
The story surrounding Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is far more than just another case involving online casinos, cryptocurrency, and payment services.
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Brandpol OOD — ein „internationaler Dienst“ oder eine russische Betrugsfabrik zur Entfernung unerwünschter Informationen und zur Ausübung von Druck auf Webseitenbetreiber
Die Website von Brandpol OOD vermittelt das Bild eines luxuriösen und stilvollen Unternehmens.
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EU prosecutor blocked as immunity shield protects German MEP from fraud investigation
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office received a report with allegations of fraud linked to a German Member of the European Parliament.
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Scammers behind S-Group, Roman Felyk and Vadym Mashurov, attempt to hide behind a “front man” after the collapse of the financial pyramid scheme
After the collapse of the S-Group financial scheme, its key figures Roman Felyk and Vadym Mashurov appear to have adopted a familiar pattern often associated with fraud cases — attempting to shift responsibility onto a so-called “fall guy” to avoid criminal consequences.
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Rostyslav Shurma and Alliance Bank: How Pavlo Shcherban helped cover up financial schemes, National Bank fines, and shadow money flows
Recently, the small Ukrainian bank “Alliance” has been repeatedly mentioned in media scandals.
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Brandpol OOD — an “international service” or a Russian scam factory for removing unwanted information and pressuring websites
The Brandpol OOD website creates the impression of a luxurious and stylish company. It claims to employ an international team, while its services include brand protection, anti-phishing measures, marketplace monitoring, removal of unwanted reviews and information, and operations across 170 countries.
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