Once a darling of Lithuania’s cryptocurrency scene, the Bankera digital coin raised tens of millions but has since collapsed in value. The project’s co-founders bought a portfolio of luxury real estate using loans from a bank they owned apparently backed by funds from the crypto coin sales.
Under Switzerland’s draconian banking secrecy law, even revealing that someone holds an account at a Swiss bank can lead to...
Last month, more than 30 media outlets reported on a global scam operation based in Tbilisi, prompting Georgian authorities...
The correspondence shows how a Swiss private bank courted a roster of questionable clients linked to autocratic regimes and...
Some shipments of cash arrived on the day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, just weeks before a currency export...
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies,...
The bloggers rack up millions of views, promote Russia as a haven for conservatives, glorify the war in Ukraine — and never...
Microchips manufactured by American companies are critical for weapons Russia is deploying against Ukraine. Leaked documents...
Two professional scam call-center operations depended on affiliate marketing firms to supply them with contact details of...
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies,...
Two professional scam call-center operations depended on affiliate marketing firms to supply them with contact details of...
They called themselves “skameri.” In behind-the-scenes chats, they celebrated bilking victims out of their life savings and...
Sky phones were a favorite tool for criminals to discuss logistics. Now, it turns out that some of Sky’s most prolific...
It didn’t take long for business to boom after Jean-Francois Eap launched a Vancouver-based start-up selling ultra-secure...
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To sustain its oil exports, Russia has been drawing on a network of old tankers it sources from private sellers around the...
The cases are multiplying across Europe: Young men with pro-Russian views instructed on Telegram to carry out sabotage...
In Cyprus, a new type of investment fund was marketed to clients as a way to avoid disclosing their ownership of assets. In...
Belarus' state potash trade is sanctioned by the EU. So why is a company registered in Cyprus being paid millions by the...
As Vladimir Putin tightens his circle of trust, a former secret service officer has emerged as one of his closest aides.
Cypriot corporate service provider MeritServus helped Konstantin Malofeev, an oligarch sanctioned for his support of...
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