Report: Dubai Facilitates Global Corruption
9th July 2020
Report: Dubai Facilitates Global Corruption
By Sandrine Gagné-Acoulon, OCCRP, 8 July 2020 OCCRP — A US think tank claims that poor enforcement has turned Dubai into a hotbed of dodgy dealings by allowing the emirate to serve as a major crossroad for gray networks and international finance. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace released… Read More
Nigerian scammer arrested by FBI could be behind €13m BOV cyberattack
9th July 2020
Nigerian scammer arrested by FBI could be behind €13m BOV cyberattack
The United States government has gained custody of a Nigerian man who could have been behind the multi-million cyberattack on Bank of Valletta in February 2019. The FBI’s criminal complaint says that Ramoni Igbalode Abbas aka “Hushpuppi”, who amassed 2.4 million followers on Instagram flaunting luxury cars, designer clothing,… Read More
India to register another money-laundering case against Sanjay Bhandari
7th July 2020
India to register another money-laundering case against Sanjay Bhandari
The Enforcement Directorate has initiated the process of registering another money-laundering case against middleman Sanjay Bhandari and others. It is related to an alleged illegal consultancy agreement with Samsung Engineering Co. Limited (SECL) to help the company get a project worth ₹6,744.32 crore in Gujarat. Last month, in the same… Read More
Nigerian Instagram star extradited to face U.S. cyber trial
6th July 2020
Nigerian Instagram star extradited to face U.S. cyber trial
A Nigerian social-media celebrity was extradited to the U.S. from Dubai to face fraud charges. Ramon Olorunwa Abbas was flown to Chicago on July 2 and appeared in court the following day, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. Abbas, widely known as “Hushpuppi,” has 2.4 million followers… Read More
Turkey’s Halkbank to seek removal of U.S. judge in Iran sanctions case
2nd July 2020
Turkey’s Halkbank to seek removal of U.S. judge in Iran sanctions case
Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself, a lawyer for the Turkish bank said on Tuesday. The lawyer, Robert Cary, notified U.S. District Judge Richard Berman of Halkbank’s intention at a hearing, without providing a reason. Read More
Kyrgyz Charity Run by Powerful Family Received Suspicious Funds Linked to Murdered Money Launderer
30th June 2020
Kyrgyz Charity Run by Powerful Family Received Suspicious Funds Linked to Murdered Money Launderer
By RFE/RL, OCCRP, Bellingcat and Kloop, 29 June 2020 OCCRP – A charitable foundation run by Kyrgyzstan’s politically powerful Matraimov family received much more money than previously known from an underground network that laundered a vast fortune out of the country, according to newly revealed bank records. The questionable funds represent… Read More
Nigerian Instagram star held in Dubai over £350m cyberscam
29th June 2020
Nigerian Instagram star held in Dubai over £350m cyberscam
A Nigerian influencer who attracted millions of followers by posting selfies from private jets and photographs of his collections of luxury cars, shoes and watches has been arrested amid claims of a £350 million cyberscam. Officers from the FBI and Interpol seized more than £30 million in cash when they… Read More
Maltese MP voted out by party amid turmoil over Panama Papers’ ties
26th June 2020
Maltese MP voted out by party amid turmoil over Panama Papers’ ties
The political career of Malta’s former deputy prime minister Konrad Mizzi lies in ruins after his ruling Labour Party (PL) colleagues voted for his expulsion over secretive offshore dealings revealed in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists-led Panama Papers investigation. Mizzi was the star performer during the country’s… Read More
Paris art experts arrested over looted antiquities
25th June 2020
Paris art experts arrested over looted antiquities
Five eminent Parisian antiques specialists have been arrested on suspicion of selling looted Middle Eastern artefacts worth tens of millions of euros. The experts are suspected of masking the origin of the items before selling them to clients, including some of the world’s leading museums, such as the Louvre’s… Read More
Venezuela’s Dark Laundering Loop: Saab Nabbed, Bagley Pleads Guilty, Maduro Sweats
24th June 2020
Venezuela’s Dark Laundering Loop: Saab Nabbed, Bagley Pleads Guilty, Maduro Sweats
Ten days ago, Colombian businessman Alex Saab was arrested in Cape Verde, an island republic off Africa’s west coast, as he was refueling his private jet. Saab is wanted in the U.S. on money-laundering charges involving hundreds of millions of dollars – but his detention in Cape Verde and his… Read More
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