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Ukraine War: Sanctions Panic In Cyprus Is Rising!

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A new list of Cypriot individuals and companies affected by Western sanctions against Russia and Russian citizens will reportedly be published on Friday. Already in April 2023, 13 Cypriot lawyers and tax advisors were added to the sanctions list. The Bank of Cyprus is said to have frozen up to 10,000 bank accounts. The Cypriot banks are reacting hyper-nervously and are apparently freezing bank accounts en masse, with non-sanctioned companies and individuals also affected.

Gery Shalon – The Plea Deal and the forfeited fortune of a cybercrime mastermind

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In 2015, U.S. prosecutors charged the Georgia-born Israeli citizen Gery "Gabi" Shalon in a twenty-three count Superseding Indictment. He was charged with computer hacking, securities fraud, aggravated identity theft, illegal online gambling, illegal money transmitting business, and money laundering. Most of the files are still unsealed. What is known now is that in April 2017, Shalon has pled guilty to all 23 counts and made a plea deal with prosecutors that included transferring all seized funds and assets to the United States. We are talking about a real big fortune. We are talking about a real big fortune including a $74.7M bank account.

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