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Ohio man sentenced to 9 years for $10 M crypto Ponzi scheme
25+ min ago (280+ words) Rathnakishore Giri misled hundreds of investors with promises of guaranteed returns from Bitcoin derivatives trading, then kept soliciting money even after being indicted. Rathnakishore "Ravi" Giri, an Ohio resident who convinced hundreds of people he could generate guaranteed returns trading…...
US Justice Department charges Maduro ally Alex Saab with money laundering
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (52+ words) CNBC TV18 US Justice Department charges Maduro ally Alex Saab with money laundering US prosecutors charge Alex Saab, ally of Nicolas Maduro, with money laundering over schemes exploiting a Venezuelan welfare plan and oil sales, after his deportation to the US....
Thailand's forfeiture mechanism is creating a new category of risk for cross-border investors
14+ hour, 24+ min ago (383+ words) Under both Thai AML law and international Financial Action Task Force standards, KYC and due-diligence obligations for pooled-account transactions rest with the operator running the mechanism, not with end recipients. The operator is the regulated entity. The operator's banking partner…...
Maduro ally Alex Saab appears in U. S. court on laundering charge
58+ min ago (569+ words) May 18 (UPI) -- Alex Saab, a billionaire Colombian businessman and longtime ally of ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, appeared in a Miami federal courtroom on Monday, days after he was extradited to the United States. Saab, 54, made his initial court appearance…...
Swiss Money Laundering Raid May 19: 13 M Francs Seized
1+ hour, 29+ min ago (138+ words) Swiss authorities seized 13 M francs in coordinated May 2026 raids. At least 8. 1 M francs in drug proceeds identified for laundering. One suspect arrested, another serving time abroad for drug offenses. Federal and cantonal police forces executed simultaneous raids across four cantons…...
ED quizzing over, Sanjeev Arora sent to 14-day judicial custody
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (293+ words) A'local court on Monday sent Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora to judicial custody for two weeks in the alleged "157-crore money laundering case. Arora was produced before the court by the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'after the completion of his two-day extended…...
Sriki, two others sent to ED custody for five more days in Bitcoin case
9+ hour, 21+ min ago (288+ words) Bengaluru: A special court in Bengaluru has remanded alleged hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki, Sunish Hegde and Robin Khandelwal to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate for an additional five days in connection with a money laundering case linked to…...
Close Maduro Associate Alex Saab Faces Money Laundering Charge After Deportation to U. S.
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (593+ words) Visual & Interactive Stories A decade ago, some suspicious-looking powdered milk being handed out by the Venezuelan government came to the attention of investigative journalist Roberto Deniz and his colleagues at Armando. info. The resulting investigation would expose a vast international…...
Ex-NAFOC boss Abdul-Wahab, wife granted bail in alleged GH50m theft case
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (47+ words) An Accra High Court has granted bail to the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Food Buffer Stock Company Limited (NAFCO), Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, over allegations of fraud, theft, abuse of office, and…...
Supreme Court Grants Bail to Man Accused of Posing as PM Modi's Aide in Extortion Case
6+ hour, 58+ min ago (210+ words) The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Mohammad Kashif, accused in a money laundering and extortion case in which he allegedly impersonated a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers to influence people and collect money....