Lebanon Central Bank Governor’s Son Moved Millions Abroad While Lebanese Watched Blocked Savings Dwindle
In late 2019, a financial crisis led Lebanese banks to block most depositors from withdrawing or transferring U.S. dollars....
Money Laundering
US Sanctions North Korean Crypto-Laundromat, Indicts Bitcoin Mining CEO
U.S. authorities have sanctioned a cryptocurrency ‘tumbler’ used by North Korea to launder stolen digital currency, the...
Two Lebanese Extradited from Georgia to the US for Money Laundering
Two Lebanese citizens living in Georgia were extradited to the United States last week to face money laundering charges...
Searches Conducted into EU funds Fraud, Money Laundering Investigation
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), Romanian authorities searched ten locations throughout the...
Dubai Uncovered: Data Leak Exposes How Criminals, Officials, and Sanctioned Politicians Poured Money Into Dubai Real Estate
Russian politicians under Western sanctions, financial criminals, and corrupt European officials all own real estate in the...
The Kremlin Connections Behind Cyprus’s RCB Bank
RCB Bank was set up and owned by a Russian bank dubbed Putin’s “piggy bank." Despite making moves to obscure its...
76 Year Old Vegas Man Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Cheque Scheme
A federal jury indicted a 76-year-old man from Las Vegas for partnering with foreign telemarketers to steal financial...
Three Sentenced in Nationwide Card Fraud, Money Laundering Conspiracy
U.S. courts sent three men behind bars for installing skimming devices on ATMs and gas pump pay machines to steal financial...
Suisse Secrets
Ugandan Arms Dealer’s Credit Suisse Account Stayed Open for Years After Helicopter Scandal
Emmanuel Katto was a client of the bank even after he was publicly named in a judicial investigation into a corrupt...
Russian Oligarchs Own Stakes in Italian Companies
A recent investigation found that at least 33 sanctioned Russian oligarchs own shares in no less than 1,402 companies worth...
Azerbaijani President Replaces Central Bank Governor With a Loyalist
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appointed the chairman of a bank owned by his family members as the new governor to the...
Six U.S. Companies Ordered to Pay $1.83 Billion in Restitution for Aluminum Conspiracy
A U.S. court ordered Monday that six California-based companies pay US$1.83 billion in restitution for defrauding the...