Category: Corruption

Greek MEP Eva Kaili arrested on charges of money laundering and corruptionU
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December 10, 2022

Unbelievable! Quatar-Related Corruption And Money Laundering In The EU Parliament!

Amid FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Belgian police arrested Greek Socialist MEP Eva Kaili on Friday at the European Parliament on charges of corruption and money laundering. Kaili, one of 14 vice presidents at the European legislative body, was brought in for interrogation in connection with illicit lobbying activities by Qatar. Law enforcement agents raided 16 addresses in Brussels as part of the investigation. They found €600.000 and seized computer equipment and mobile phones.
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SBF corrupted crypto magazine The BlockB
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December 10, 2022

Breaking: The $43-Million Corruption Case Around Crypto Magazine The Block And SBF!

On Twitter, people have been criticizing mainstream media (MSM) for their reports on the FTX's collapse. They would be far too gentle with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and almost protect him. Allegedly, they received a lot of money from SBF, as did politicians and celebrities. Consequently, they would not be very critical. Now, it has been revealed that the crypto magazine The Block and its CEO have received $43 million from SBF. This extensive and total crypto corruption sets new standards.
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Slovakian corruption case Peter Kazimir and Russian interestI
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November 26, 2022

Interesting! Russian Interest In The Slovak Corruption Tsunami!

Slovakia has a systematic corruption problem. FinTelegram reported that the National Criminal Agency (NAKA) in Slovakia charged Peter Kažimír, the sitting National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) governor and former finance minister, in a corruption case. Actually, an unremarkable report but hundreds of Russians got nervous about it. Within less than an hour, the article was read by hundreds of people in Russia. Why are Russians interested in a Slovakian corruption case? Good question, isn't it?
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Peter Kazimir charged with corruptionG
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November 25, 2022

Governor Of Slovakian Central Bank Faces Corruption Charges, Again!

The Governor of the Slovakian Central Bank and former finance minister faces corruption-related charges again. The National Criminal Agency (NAKA) investigator charged Peter Kažimír, the sitting National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) governor who formerly served as finance minister under the governments of the now-opposition Smer, in a corruption case. The governor does not feel guilty and will file a complaint, as confirmed by his lawyer Ondrej Mularčík, the Denník N daily reported.
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Interpol allegedly issued Red Notice for Isabel dos SantosI
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November 24, 2022

Interpol Allegedly Issued Red Notice Against Africa’s Richest Women, Isabel dos Santos!

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) said that Interpol had issued a warrant for the arrest of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angola’s former authoritarian president José Eduardo dos Santos. She and her network have been investigated by the 2020 Luanda Leaks investigation, which showed that over two decades of corrupt deals, Isabel dos Santos became Africa’s wealthiest woman.
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Corruption and tax fraud Thomas Wagenhofer and Alexander MerynI
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November 18, 2022

Interesting: The Never-Ending Austrian Corruption Wave

At present, a wave of corruption is sweeping across Europe. It recently became known that the National Criminal Agency (NACA) intends to charge the acting governor of the National Bank of Slovakia, Peter Kažimír, with corruption. In Austria, the public prosecutor's office is investigating the former chancellor and minister for corruption. As reported by the blog Wiener Zocker, there is also alleged to have been corruption in construction projects in Vienna.
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Daphne Caruana GaliziaT
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October 20, 2022

The Maltese Blogger Killing – New Convictions But Still Waiting For The Alleged Masterminds’ Trials!

Last week, two brothers, George Degiorgio, 59, and Alfred Degiorgio, 57, charged with the car-bomb assassination of the Maltese journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia in October 2017 have been sentenced to a 40-year prison term. They pleaded guilty to her murder on the first day of their trial. Caruana Galizia, the "one-woman Wikileaks" had investigated political corruption in Malta and abroad. She was known as a harsh critic of the Maltese government.
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Former MGA official Iosif Galea allegedly part of an MGA corruption racketC
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June 15, 2022

Corruption Case: MGA Halted Gaming Applications Linked To Former Bet90 Director Iosif Galea!

Bet 90 Sports Limited d/b/a Bet90 in Malta is regulated by MGA and was a venture of the Veltyco cybercrime organization of alleged cybercrime mastermind Uwe Lenhoff and his partner Betim Tasholli. While Lenhoff died in pre-trial detention in the summer of 2020, Tasholli is currently being tried in Germany. The former MGA official Iosif Galeo used to be the director of Bet90 in Malta. Recently, he has arrested in Italy with an EU arrest warrant. Additionally, he is suspected to be part of an MGA-centered corruption racket.
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Gal Baral amd Boyko BorissovG
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March 18, 2022

Good News! Former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov arrested!

FinTelegram readers may recall. Israeli cybercrime principal Gal Barak, sentenced in 2020 to several years in prison for investment fraud and some €4 million in restitution payments, was a friend of Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov. At least he gave him and his minister friends nice money gifts and was therefore protected by the state. Boyko Borissov was detained late Thursday amid a wide-sweeping police investigation linked to probes by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.
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EU parliament demands the ban of Golden Passport schemesT
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March 10, 2022

Thank you! EU Parliament demands a ban on Golden Passport schemes!

On 9 March 2022, the EU Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to end the practice of EU countries selling "citizenship by investment" (CBI). It comes in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine with many wealthy Russians having received EU passports in exchange for significant investments (and payments to local officials and politicians). Members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday voted 595 for, 12 against and with 74 abstentions to end the so-called ‘golden passport'
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EU has to stopp the Golden Passport schemesL
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March 9, 2022

Listen! Malta, Cyprus, and Bulgaria must stop the selling of EU passports!

The EU Parliament is set to approve this week a report urging the EU to ban Golden Passport schemes by 2025 and immediately stop the issuance of visas and passports to rich Russians in exchange for investments. The move follows Russia's invasion of Ukraine which has triggered global sanctions of unprecedented severity against Moscow, with targets including a number of powerful and wealthy Russians seen as close to President Vladimir Putin. These Golden Passport schemes are super-prone to corruption at the highest levels.
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Malta and MFSA are greylisted and doomedM
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March 6, 2022

Malta’s structural problems with money laundering and corruption hurt the financial sector!

Malta became a money-laundering and financial crime hub. In 2017, the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed with a car bomb after revealing high-level government corruption. The alleged mastermind Yorgen Fenech, close to the then-Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, was arrested. Muscat had to resign shortly after the arrest. Fenech was also close to Joseph Cuschieri, the former head of MGA and MFSA. Since then, the shares of Malta's largest two banks, the Bank of Valletta and HSBC Bank Malta plc lost more than half the value.
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