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Kazakhstan Sentences 27 in $6.4 Million Fake Farm-Loan Scheme
A Kazakh court has sentenced 27 members of an organized crime group to between six and eight years in prison for stealing the equivalent of $6.4 million in public funds through a fraudulent agricultural loan scheme, state news…
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UK Freezes $30 million in London Properties Owned by a Man Under Investigation in Singapore Money Laundering Case
Britain's National Crime Agency has frozen 16 luxury apartments in central London acquired by Xu Haika, who is under investigation in Singapore as authorities pursue their largest ever money laundering probe.
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Demanding a ‘15 Percent Cut’: Former Ukrainian Nuclear Official Sent to Trial Over Bribes
Ukrainian anti-corruption prosecutors have sent a former executive at the state nuclear operator to trial on charges of demanding more than $147,000 in kickbacks from private contractors, law enforcement officials announced Tuesday.The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine alleged…
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Poland Seeks Extradition of Ex-Justice Minister From US Over Criminal Charges
Polish prosecutors have formally requested the temporary arrest and extradition of former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro from the U.S. so he could face criminal charges over alleged abuse of power and mismanagement of public funds.According to a Monday…
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The Alleged Mastermind of a $2 Billion U.S. Telemedicine Scam Is Enjoying the Luxury Life in Russia
Brian Sutton, accused of masterminding one of the largest fraud schemes to ever be unraveled in the United States, is living freely in Russia. Among his acquisitions there is a fleet of luxury cars, an elite villa near…
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Fake Companies, Millions in Cash: Georgia Charges Four in $8.2M Laundering Scheme
Prosecutors in Georgia have charged four foreign nationals and five companies with operating a transnational money-laundering scheme that funneled 21.5 million Georgian lari ($8.2 million) in illicit proceeds through the country’s financial system.According to investigators, the group generated…
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US Sanctions Family of Iranian Tycoon in Crackdown on Alleged IRGC Crypto Network
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned the sister and “significant other” of Iranian tycoon Babak Zanjani, targeting a network of crypto exchanges and global companies accused of laundering funds for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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Azerbaijani Court Jails 9 Journalists and Activists for up to 15 Years
A Baku court convicted journalists, media rights workers, and pro-democracy activists linked to Toplum TV on financial crimes charges, sentencing them to between 12 and 15 years in prison.
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Lab Owner Suspected of $547 Million Medicare Fraud Extradited to The United States
Khalid Satary’s laboratories allegedly used call centers, telemedicine doctors and kickbacks to turn medically unnecessary cancer tests into $547 million in Medicare claims. Court records indicate the program paid about $134 million.
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Protected Fraud: Georgian Security Chief’s Cousin Gets 12 Years for Call Center Bribes
Following a secretive trial, Andria Liluashvili was sentenced to 12 years in prison and stripped of $13 million in luxury assets for funneling monthly kickbacks from fraudulent call centers to his relative, the former head of Georgia's State…
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