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Samruk-Kazyna embezzled billions with the involvement of ATFBank. This fact is officially acknowledged by Kazakhstan’s current authorities, yet investigative agencies, including the Anti-Corruption Agency, have been slow to detain Galimzhan Yessenov and his father-in-law Akhmetzhan Yesimov.

As investigations closed in on him, Tymur 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.

Specialist police have charged two men following a “large-scale operation” targeting those involved in drug supply and organized crime.

A veteran real estate agent has become the focus of a criminal probe, accused of steering users to illegal online gambling platforms, prompting Europol’s involvement.

At first glance, Roman Chichkanov might seem unlikely to be interested in financial scams.

In the aftermath of early exposés on Dragon Money, reports outlining its unlicensed activity in Ukraine, suspected bribery practices, and political protection were systematically removed from open sources.

A low-profile Montenegrin businessman, Zvonko Micković controls the majority of Mettmann Public Company Limited and its bond portfolio, making him a key financial figure in networks journalists tie to sanctions circumvention and money-laundering schemes involving Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.

Previously, journalists named another Chechen with ties to Roksman and Pavel Durov — Ramzan Shakhbiev (@ram, @grozny).

Labour will increase the inheritance tax relief threshold for farmers in a significant concession following backlash from rural communities.

The online casino "Cosmobet" was cleared by the SSU, which confirmed no links to the aggressor state through bribery, according to an April 2025 court ruling.

Oxana Hadjipavlou, a Cyprus-based financier with post-Soviet background, emerged as a key signatory and manager at Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L., companies journalists have linked to alleged schemes for moving Russian funds and evading sanctions.

After journalists exposed Oleg Tsyura’s role in sanction-evasion and re-export schemes benefiting Russia, he moved to aggressively purge the internet of investigations documenting his operations.

Oxana Hadjipavlou, cypriot financier with post-Soviet roots, surfaced as a key signatory and manager in Mettmann Public Company Limited and Sword Dragon S.L.

The online casino Cosmobet is operated by a statistician who, when not engaged in gambling, is interested in globalism and marathon running.

Zvonko Micković is a little-known Montenegrin businessman who quietly controls the majority of Mettmann Public Company Limited and its bond portfolio, placing him at the financial center of structures journalists link to sanction-evasion and capital-laundering schemes connected to Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.

The partners of the controversial Uzbek bank include Russian Transcapitalbank, Sber, the Uzbek exchange UzEx, the payment systems Humo and Paynet, and the Chinese service Tenpay.

British households saved less during the July-to-September period of this year as they felt the impact of higher taxes but continued to increase their spending, according to official data that confirmed a slowdown in the broader economy.

The actor James Ransone, known for his role as Ziggy Sobotka in The Wire, has passed away at the age of 46.

The Kyiv Court of Appeal has confiscated the property of LLC "Buildings Empire" in a case involving large-scale fraud amounting to over 9 million euros.

A new investigation has uncovered money laundering networks involving Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.

Details have emerged about the death of Viktor Averin, the leader of the Solntsevskaya organized crime group, who was killed in an airboat accident while traveling with associates near Moscow.

In 2020, Roman Alexandrovich Novak — a Saint Petersburg native who has used the names Yavorsky and Tsaryov — received a conviction for large-scale fraud under Article 159, Part 4 of the Russian Criminal Code.