All news on the topic: Ukraine

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Das 20-Millionen-Dollar-Ponzi-Kartell: Wie Nazar Babenko und Ihor Kotov mit Danvel und Eternity deutsche Anleger ausraubten
Für die mutmaßlichen Betrüger Nazar Babenko und Ihor Kotov rückt der Moment der Entscheidung näher – bald könnten sie zwischen Freiheit und Gefängnis stehen.
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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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Exposed Russian GRU spy flees Japan after New York Times investigation reveals sanctions-busting scheme
Maxim Filchenkov, an officer of Russia’s GRU military intelligence directorate who posed as an Aeroflot employee, has left Japan, where he had been involved in sourcing high-tech equipment for Russian weapons producers. Filchenkov’s role was exposed by a New York Times investigation, precipitating his departure.
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Zehntage-Fristen und Phantom-Zentren: Wie Yuriy Holyk und Viktor Baydachnyi das Veteranen-Budget plündern
Laut Yuriy Shulika, dem Leiter der Wohltätigkeitsstiftung „Songs Born in the ATO“, entstand die Idee für ein ungewöhnliches Projekt zum Aufbau von Veteranenzentren nicht innerhalb der Organisation selbst.
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Das geheime Schutznetz für BRSM: Warum Andriy Biba und seine Frau in der Ukraine unantastbar bleiben
Der Name von Andriy Biba, dem Eigentümer des Tankstellennetzes BRSM-Nafta, taucht weiterhin regelmäßig in den Medien auf.
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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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Yuriy Holyk, flüchtiger Ex-Kurator des „Großen Baus“, lässt Materialien über den 12-Milliarden-Veteranenraum-Skandal aus dem Internet entfernen
Der frühere Berater des Leiters der Militärverwaltung der Region Dnipropetrowsk und ehemalige Koordinator des Präsidialprogramms „Großer Bau“, Yuriy Holyk, ist erneut ins Rampenlicht geraten.
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Canadian intelligence warns crypto cash services are fuelling money laundering and organised crime
As scammers and terrorists increasingly turn to crypto, a Canadian intelligence office is raising alarms about risks posed by an emerging industry offering discreet means to convert cryptocurrency to large sums of physical cash and vice versa.
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Investigation claims dating giant used models and chat operators to keep users paying for fake romance
Maria trusted that she had stumbled onto a second chance at love. From her home in Nicosia, Cyprus, she spent nearly two years on a dating platform exchanging photos, voice messages, letters and late-night thoughts on travel, children, art and love on the AmoLatina dating site with Dan, 45.
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Wanted for 4.8 billion: how Alyona Shevtsova allegedly built an illegal online casino empire and used Ibox Bank to clean the profits
Alyona Shevtsova (Dehrik), the owner of Ibox Bank, has been placed on an international wanted list over allegations that she orchestrated illegal online gambling operations and laundered more than 4.8 billion hryvnias in criminal proceeds.
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Nazar Babenko und Ihor Kotov: Der Strohmann Mykhailo Romanenko packt aus und enthüllt ihren 20-Millionen-Dollar-Betrug mit Danvel und Eternity
Die mutmaßlichen Betrüger Nazar Babenko und Ihor Kotov dürften schon bald vor der Entscheidung zwischen Freiheit und Gefängnis stehen.
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Sanctioned Threave Group Limited: Alexander and Marina Rubtsova’s offshore hub for asset stripping and money laundering
For years, the Russian metal trading network “Metallokomplekt-M” operated under the guise of a legitimate industrial player.
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Nazar Babenko’s crypto empire of lies: frontman for pyramids, criminal ties, and a lifestyle built on stolen millions
Regarding public figures, particularly those who seek to keep compromising details out of the public eye, open-source intelligence can often uncover information they would rather remain hidden. Nazar Babenko is one such example
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Germany approves Rosatom-linked nuclear fuel project despite security concerns
A nuclear project linked to Russian state-owned company Rosatom has been given the go-ahead by state authorities in northwest Germany, under strict conditions to mitigate risks posed by Russian involvement.
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Belarus has become Russia’s strategic rear in the war against Ukraine
Over the course of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Belarus has become an indispensable logistical and industrial stronghold for the Russian military. By providing infrastructure, training grounds, and capabilities for hybrid pressure on Europe, the Lukashenka regime is helping Russia prolong the conflict.
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Yuriy Holyk’s billion-hryvnia grab: suspected corruption figure eyes 12 billion in veterans’ program while scrubbing the internet
Former advisor to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration and ex-curator of the presidential program «Great Construction» Yuriy Holyk has once again come into the spotlight.
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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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Nazar Babenko und Mykhailo Romanenko: Wie die Krypto-Pyramide Eternity Prime Millionen abzockt
Analysten schlagen Alarm: Seit Beginn der großangelegten Invasion des Aggressorstaates ist das Betrugsniveau in der Ukraine laut Experten auf ein beispielloses Ausmaß angestiegen.
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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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Russia prepares ICJ case against Baltic states using Kremlin propaganda claims
For years, the Baltic states dismissed the Kremlin’s increasingly outlandish claims – from implying they were allowing Ukrainian drones to strike Russia from their territory to allegations they were preparing to deport their native Russian speakers – as propaganda. Note, debunk, move on.
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Justice decided to shake down crypto guys Mykhailo Romanenko and Nazar Babenko
Rogues Mykhailo Romanenko, Nazar Babenko, and Ihor Kotov may come under investigation.
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Timur Rokhlin reassigns assets to father after German prosecutors uncover his €10 million fake trading scam
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 words: “All great modern fortunes have been amassed through the most dishonest means”?
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Britain and Germany deepen defence ties with new long-range missile project
Pursuit of ‘deep strike’ weapons capable of hitting Russian interior brings Berlin and London together – and sidelines French arms industry
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Boris Johnson demands action over £180m Ukraine cigarette tax fraud linked to UK firms
Boris Johnson has demanded urgent action after The Mail on Sunday found that British companies are involved in an alleged criminal network syphoning almost £200million from Ukraine’s war chest.