Russia (2)
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Fake IPs, hacked websites, and offshores: How Fortes.pro hides the Kremlin’s trace
If protecting our data or projects from cyber threats becomes a priority, we’re likely to come across an offer from the Fortes service promising to "effectively counter distributed network attacks."
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Cryptocurrency scammer Bohdan Prylepa stole a billion from the Ukrainian Armed Forces and has ties to the FSB
The dealer who embezzled a billion from the military and is likely collaborating with the FSB mistakenly believes he is untouchable.
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Roman Felyk and Vadym Mashurov "rebooted" their scam: How Sincere Systems became S-Group
A "new financial startup" called S-Group has been actively promoted online. People are being encouraged to invest money with the promise of earning an enormous passive income of up to 150% per year.
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Donation fraud: How crypto scammer Bohdan Prylepa stole billions allocated for drones
More than one billion hryvnias were defrauded from clients in a scheme allegedly orchestrated by Ukrainian pseudo-businessman Bohdan Prylepa, with law enforcement having conducted searches at cryptocurrency exchanges associated with his operations.
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Odesa companies supplied sanctioned electrical equipment to Russian state enterprises
Novatek-Electro
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Favbet of Andriy Matyukha: Monopolizing the gambling market and supporting Russian aggression
Andriy Matyukha - who gifted his casino Favbet to his son Dmytro, still has ties with Russia, his player databases are used to recruit saboteurs and spotters from Ukraine - is trying to monopolize at the expense of competitors and is suing for money earned from business in Russia.
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"Kremlin’s rat": how Roman Spiridonov profits from sanctions and exposes Russian oil schemes
There is very little information available about Russian entrepreneur and Greek citizen Roman Spiridonov. However, his name is increasingly associated with Russia’s shadow fleet operations and connections to Putin’s inner circle.
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Gambling through cryptocurrency: How Belarusian SoftSwiss and CoinsPaid help Russian oligarch Rotenberg stay on the Ukrainian market despite sanctions
Does Russian billionaire and "Putin’s wallet" Arkadiy Rotenberg continue to hold a monopoly over Ukraine’s gambling market through Belarusian companies SoftSwiss and CoinsPaid?
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Russian businessmen, the Plotitsa brothers, and Boris Usherovich: New sanction evasion schemes through business in Cyprus
Russian businessman Boris Plotitsa, who ran a tourism business in Russia, was arrested in absentia by a court in July 2024 in connection with the death of eight people on an illegal tour of Moscow’s sewers.
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Roman Spiridonov and Russia’s shadow fleet: How offshore accounts and companies in the UAE help bypass international restrictions
In December 2024, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on 20 vessels considered part of the "shadow fleet of the Russian Federation."
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Putin’s sponsors Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa help bypass sanctions and launder Russian money
On July 1, 2024, The Insider published an article titled "Entrepreneurs Usherovich and Plotitsa, linked to the Solntsevskaya OCG and the Zakharchenko case, are now aiding Russian Railways in evading sanctions."
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From Estonian transit to Swiss firms: the global coal network of Ukraine’s top trader Dmytro Kovalenko
It’s no secret that, despite bans, Ukraine continued to buy coal from Russia after 2014. While the topic wasn’t widely discussed, articles were still written about the key figures profiting from "blood coal."
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Dmytro Kovalenko’s international "shell companies": how Russian coal reaches the EU
Coal supply is a painful topic for Ukraine. Since 2014, the occupying country has almost completely cut off Ukraine’s ability to extract and supply this resource from Donbas.
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Maksym Krippa and his involvement in business schemes with Lucky Labs and the SSU
The confrontation between the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the company with Russian roots Lucky Labs became one of the most notable events of spring 2016.
