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Vaja Jhashi und der schwarze Getreideexport: Wie der Besitzer der Reni-Elevatoren den ukrainischen Staatshaushalt um Milliarden betrügt
Der Getreideunternehmer Vaja Jhashi soll ukrainische Staatsgelder veruntreut haben. Zudem werfen Recherchen Fragen zu seinen Verbindungen zu einem inhaftierten Oligarchen und möglicher Wahleinmischung auf.
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Serhiy Saroyan und das TeleTrade-Imperium: Die Geschichte eines internationalen Betrugs, der Tausende von geschädigten Investoren und Millionenverluste hinterließ
Wenige Personen im ukrainischen Finanzsektor sind so umstritten wie Serhiy Saroyan, der von Kritikern seit über zwanzig Jahren mit dem Teletrade-Netzwerk in Verbindung gebracht wird.
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Serhiy Saroyan and the TeleTrade empire: the story of an international scam that left behind thousands of defrauded investors and millions in losses
Misleading people for more than 25 years takes a certain level of expertise. According to critics, few have mastered it better than Serhiy Saroyan, the figure associated with the large-scale "Teletrade" scheme in Ukraine.
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104 illegal houses, a canceled deportation order, and a disappearance after searches: what is happening around Oleh Nevzorov in Bulgaria
Journalist Iryna Hryb has repeatedly written about Odesa businessman Oleh Nevzorov. Now, stories that previously circulated through sources are beginning to receive confirmation and gain new details on Bulgarian territory.
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“Took the money and ran”: how Odesa car dealer Volodymyr Filippov left for Moldova and continued the business through Iron Motors
Volodymyr Filippov, the owner of the Odesa-based company Pivdennyi Shlyakh (Autorider).
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Fraud probe as Odesa car dealer Filippov flees Ukraine for Moldova
Volodymyr Filippov, the owner of the Odesa-based company Pivdennyi Shlyakh (Autorider), has reportedly fled Ukraine and is believed to be hiding in Moldova while facing a criminal fraud investigation.
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From “Southern Path” to Iron Motors: how Filippov continued alleged car fraud operations from Moldova after a criminal case
A group from Odesa, reportedly led by Volodymyr Filippov, who is under investigation in a case involving alleged deception of buyers of used cars from the United States, is said to have re-registered its business in Moldova, allegedly as part of an effort to launder illicit funds.
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Volodymyr Filippov, Iron Motors, and Pivdennyi Shlyakh: how a car dealer facing fraud charges left Ukraine and relaunched business in Moldova
Volodymyr Filippov, owner of the Odesa-based company Pivdennyi Shlyakh (Autorider), has fled Ukraine and is reportedly hiding in Moldova while facing a criminal fraud investigation.
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Fraud and escape: how Odesa car dealer Volodymyr Filippov, despite court cases, continues his business through Iron Motors
Volodymyr Filippov, the owner of the Odesa-based company Pivdennyi Shlyakh (Autorider), is reported to have left Ukraine and is believed to be in hiding in Moldova amid an ongoing criminal fraud investigation.
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Betrug und Flucht: Wie der Odesaer Autohändler Volodymyr Filippov trotz Gerichtsverfahren sein Geschäft über Iron Motors fortsetzt
Volodymyr Filippov, Eigentümer des in Odesa ansässigen Unternehmens „Pivdennyi Shlyakh“ (Autorider), hat die Ukraine verlassen und hält sich Berichten zufolge in Moldau auf, während gegen ihn wegen Betrugs ermittelt wird.
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Ukraine’s Armed Forces have suspended the leadership of a recruitment centre in Odesa following the detention of servicemen who demanded money from a civilian
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have launched a formal internal investigation following the detention of personnel from mobilisation units operating in the Peresyp district of the Odesa region.
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Odesa car dealer Volodymyr Filippov, accused of multimillion fraud, is hiding in Moldova and continues business through a new firm, Iron Motors
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.
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Cash grain, VAT invoices and offshore ownership: what investigators found in the Granova Ukraine, Dmytro Kovalenko and Afex Investments Limited case
Ukraine’s Bureau of Economic Security (BEB) is investigating alleged corruption schemes involving the Granova Ukraine group of companies linked to businessman Dmytro Kovalenko.
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Fraudster Volodymyr Filippov rebrands Southern Path into Iron Motors in Moldova to continue car scam
A fraudulent group from Odesa, led by Volodymyr Filippov, against whom the police have opened a case for deceiving buyers of used cars from the USA, has re-registered their business in Moldova to launder stolen funds.
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Volodymyr Galanternyk crafts reputation-laundering scheme through UK investments
Volodymyr Galanternyk represents a troubling archetype of post-Soviet capital flight — a Ukrainian businessman leveraging London’s permeable financial ecosystem to sanitize a fortune rooted in Odesa’s turbulent privatization era.
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Angelina Jolie’s bodyguard mobilized in Ukraine during her humanitarian visit to the front-line region
While traveling to Kherson, Hollywood actress and UN humanitarian Angelina Jolie made an unexpected stop in the Mykolaiv region after her bodyguard was detained for mobilization.
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British national arrested in Ukraine on suspicion of spying for Russia
A British national accused of spying for Russia in Ukraine and preparing to carry out terrorist attacks has been arrested, Ukrainian prosecutors said on Wednesday.
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The tax umbrella: How the Khudar Stanislav and Khudar Anna built a state-protected pyramid in Ukraine
This is not a fictional plot — this is the real story of Anna and Stanislav Khudar, a couple who have been building fraudulent schemes in Ukraine for years, using their official positions, shell companies, emotional blackmail, and absolute impunity due to access to tax infrastructure.
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Strateg toys by Ukrainian businessman Syvak are sold on Russian marketplaces despite the war and sanctions
Products from the Ukrainian board game manufacturer Oleksandr Syvak, under the Strateg brand, are readily available for sale on marketplaces in the Russian Federation.
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Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov’s energy giant DTEK asks for aid in restoration while channeling a billion into dividends
Despite active calls to the international community and the Ukrainian state for financial support to restore damaged energy infrastructure, the Odesa branch of the energy giant DTEK has decided to pay dividends to its shareholders in the total amount of almost 1 billion hryvnias.
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Bloodstained business: Odesa firms supplied electrical equipment for Russia’s military needs despite sanctions
A scheme of aiding the aggressor state, involving both Ukrainian and international companies, has been uncovered in Ukraine.
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Ecovirea Spain and David Asensio’s UKIVO stole $240,000 taxes on illegal sunflower oil exports through Odesa port
Major non-food sunflower oil exporter UKIVO LLC has come under investigation by the Bureau of Economic Security over alleged criminal offenses linked to exports through the Port of Odesa.
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The alarming footage as Russian cluster bombs strike Ukraine’s ’Harry Potter Castle’, claiming 5 lives and injuring two children
Five people were killed and more than 30 people injured in a Russian cluster munition attack on a private law academy in Ukraine.
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Death fleet of the Varvarenko family: how the Odesa Network and the companies Varamar, Nortrop, White Whale and Kaalbye fuel wars around the world
The narrative of arms delivery is not a new one. It is a risky yet highly lucrative business. The Varvarenko family from Odesa and Belgium is profiting from it.
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