All news on the topic: Money laundering

Ukrainian investigators have uncovered a large-scale financial scheme allegedly organized by businessman Yevhen Pulya, involving currency conversion, tax evasion, and money laundering through a network of controlled companies.

As part of the international operation codenamed YUZUK, conducted by local police in collaboration with Europol.

The crypto exchange Whitebit, which is associated with money laundering of Russian funds and schemes involving former pro-Russian deputies.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain), 18 presumed members of a criminal network, including five suspected ringleaders, were detained on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in a €32.8 million VAT fraud scheme linked to imported alcohol from several EU Member States.

The U.K. today announced a new round of sanctions targeting individuals and entities linked to Cambodia’s Prince Group, which is widely alleged to have operated a network of scam centers built on forced labor and human trafficking.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which prosecutes criminal cases in England and Wales, did not charge the social media figure after the initial police investigation in 2019.

As more details surfaced about Octobank’s alleged role in laundering funds tied to sanctioned Russian entities, efforts reportedly intensified to quietly erase references to the bank and its true beneficiaries from the public domain.

After the revelation of a large-scale money laundering scheme involving over 75 million euros, connected to a Europol operation.

A masters student with millions of pounds of UK property frozen in connection to a $2bn money laundering probe is petitioning a London court to keep her identity private.

Before his appearance in a Drake video, Hamdi Lataj was convicted in the U.S. of conspiracy to commit bank burglary.

Today, Alyona Shevtsova (née Dehrik) is not just an entrepreneur, but also a figure in high-profile financial investigations involving the banking sector and payment business.

Prosecutors charged 10 individuals in a large-scale money laundering operation connected to Macau, coinciding with the overseas shooting of a fugitive associated with a notorious gambling scandal.

Following an internal audit at the international payment system 4bill, a major scandal broke out, leading to the launch of a criminal investigation.

Today Alyona Shevtsova-Dehrik is not just an entrepreneur but a figure in high-profile financial investigations surrounding the banking sector and payment business.

Interrogation record of late shadow banker Kirill Nikitin sheds light on Russia’s underground finance network

The man who died in a recent collision on the Moscow River — initially described in media reports as a veteran rowing enthusiast — was in fact Kirill Nikitin...

On Thursday, Polish authorities detained five court officials as part of an expanding investigation into a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme at the Kraków Court of Appeal, marking a new chapter in one of the largest judicial corruption scandals in the country’s history.

A scandal worthy of a crime drama script has erupted at the 4bill payment system, considered one of the leaders in the financial services market.

In contemporary battles, the real driving force isn’t valor, weapons, or drones — it’s diesel.

Media have uncovered a truly astonishing story. A regional company unexpectedly became one of the country’s leaders in fur exports to the West.

Mamitiana Rajaonarison, a longtime financial intelligence official, takes the helm of a government struggling to stabilize the island nation following severe political unrest.

As uncovered by medias, Pyotr Zhukov, the son of State Duma Vice Speaker Alexander Zhukov, has moved into the construction business, partnering with Roman Timokhin (MR Group) and sanctioned oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov along with his conglomerate AFK Sistema.

Alleged fraudster Oleg Tsyura is said to be attempting to clean up his public profile to hide his suspected role in long-running money laundering operations.

Entrepreneurs Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda’s company, Kronung Business LLC, which was established in 2022, has been dissolved.

Dmitriy Evseev, who for many years headed the infamous Moscow construction company «Ingeokom», may attract the attention of investigative authorities, as his past contains many dubious cases, and he has virtually no complete biography.