Putin’s blacklisted oligarch ally to cash in on Morrison government’s gas-led recovery
21st October 2020
Putin’s blacklisted oligarch ally to cash in on Morrison government’s gas-led recovery
A Faberge egg-collecting Russian oligarch who the US has hit with financial sanctions is set to benefit from the Morrison government’s gas-led recovery, it can be revealed. And a mysterious company registered in secrecy-haven Delaware is also in line to reap dividends if one of the key gas basins the… Read More
How ING bank in Poland helped Russians launder money
20th October 2020
How ING bank in Poland helped Russians launder money
The Polish unit of the Dutch bank ING, ING Bank Slaski, for years allegedly helped Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs move huge sums of money out of ex-Soviet Union countries, according to the US Treasury’s fraud investigation department, FinCen. FinCen files were leaked to and published by the International Consortium… Read More
Kazakh Opposition Leader Charged In France With Embezzlement
8th October 2020
Kazakh Opposition Leader Charged In France With Embezzlement
Kazakh opposition leader Mukhtar Ablyazov has been charged in Paris with embezzling $7.5 billion in a case brought by Kazakhstan, according to one of his lawyers. Gerard Cholakian said Ablyazov, who was recently granted political asylum in France, was charged with “aggravated abuse of trust” and “money laundering” before he… Read More
Spies, oil and the billionaire mogul trying his luck with the National Lottery
6th October 2020
Spies, oil and the billionaire mogul trying his luck with the National Lottery
Sir Malcolm Rifkind had been more used to summoning ambassadors than visiting them. His spell as Foreign Secretary had been cut short, however, by a Conservative electoral collapse. Having lost his Commons seat too, in the first summer of the new millennium Rifkind approached the Czech embassy, a prize-winning concrete… Read More
Clients of Estonia’s E-Residency Project Linked to Crypto Scams
29th September 2020
Clients of Estonia’s E-Residency Project Linked to Crypto Scams
Foreigners granted remote access to Estonia’s digital infrastructure through its e-residency program are being linked to crypto-currency frauds abroad, threatening efforts to repair the Baltic nation’s image after one of Europe’s largest money laundering scandals. Companies registered overseas and headed by Estonian e-residents have been involved in “a few large-scale… Read More
Something for nothing: Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash profited from bailout loans
25th September 2020
Something for nothing: Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash profited from bailout loans
Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash siphoned off more than $190 million of state loans his bank received in the wake of the global financial crisis, part of which he ploughed into a deal to privatize a titanium manufacturing company, according to leaked documents. Bank filings and details from a criminal investigation… Read More
The banker was a spy
24th September 2020
The banker was a spy
BuzzFeed News – In 2014, the FBI was in the late stages of an elaborate sting. An undercover agent posing as an energy analyst leaked binders with fake commercial secrets to two Russian spies operating in New York. The spies took the binders back to the “Rezidentura,” the New… Read More
Inside scandal-rocked Danske Estonia and the shell-company ‘factories’ that served it
22nd September 2020
Inside scandal-rocked Danske Estonia and the shell-company ‘factories’ that served it
By Simon Bowers, Karrie Kehoe and Holger Roonemaa, ICIJ, 21 September 2020 ICIJ — The Estonian banker was frantic: A whistleblower inside the bank suspected nine anonymous companies — all registered in the United Kingdom — of serious financial crimes and was threatening to go to authorities. “The whistleblower demands… Read More
ING Bank Worked for Russian Money Laundering Network
22nd September 2020
ING Bank Worked for Russian Money Laundering Network
Over the past decade, ING Bank has carried out billion-dollar transactions for companies from one of the largest Russian money laundering networks ever exposed. This puts the bank in a similar position to Deutsche Bank and Danske Bank, whose involvement in the network has previously been exposed. The German bank… Read More
FinCEN Files: Dublin business features in leak of US treasury documents
22nd September 2020
FinCEN Files: Dublin business features in leak of US treasury documents
An unprecedented glimpse into the staggering amounts of suspect money that flow through the international banking system is revealed in leaked files from an agency of the US Department of the Treasury that have been seen by The Irish Times. The files show that the world’s largest banks play a… Read More
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