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September 12, 2024

Starscream Casinos: Offshore Casino Operator, Potential Regulatory Evasion, Payment Facilitators, and More Cyprus Connections!

Online casinos are easily transferable digital assets. The transfer of Gammix Ltd's casinos to offshore operator Starscream Ltd raises serious questions about the continued illegal gambling activities in Europe. Despite massive penalties from the Dutch regulator KSA, Gammix appears to have simply shifted its operations offshore, where it continues to flout regulatory oversight facilitated by regulated payment processors.

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August 2, 2024

Review: Offshore Online Casino Operator Starscream and its Payment Facilitators

As part of our “Follow the Money” research strategy, we look at online casino and gambling schemes and analyze the facilitating payment processors. We often discover FinTechs such as Revolut, MoonPay or Binance Pay, but also many open banking service providers such as Noda. We also discovered a number of facilitating payment processors at the online casinos of the Starscream Group in addition to illegal activities. Here is our review.

May 9, 2024

Investigative Report: Allegations of Money-Laundering, Tax Fraud, and Compliance Issues Against Crypto Payment Processor CoinsPaid.

Investigative reports published by Shana Dovi on Medium has raised serious allegations against CoinsPaid, an Austrian crypto payment processor operated under Dream Finance OÜ via Estonia. The report outlines a complex scenario of financial misconduct, fraud, and regulatory evasion allegedly orchestrated by the company's management and its shadow stakeholders. Allegedly, the Austrian beneficial owner is only a frontman for the Belarussian people.

July 3, 2023

Estonian Crypto Payment Processor CoinsPaid Claims A Strong Growth (Again) Without Providing Details!

Crypto payment processor CoinsPaid operates through legal entities in Estonia, Lithuania, and El Salvador. Dream Finance OÜ, the operating entity holding a crypto license in Estonia, is controlled by Austrian entrepreneur Alexander Horst Riedinger and led by Max Krupyshev as CEO. CryptoProcessing is another brand also operated by the Estonian entity. In a new press release, CoinsPaid said that its "spring numbers" 2023 exploded again in a YoY comparison.

May 11, 2023

Crypto Payment Processor CryptoProcessing And Its Russian-Focused Client Pokerdom!

Pokerdom is an online gambling site specializing in Russia and Belarus. According to Similarweb statistics, around 90% of visitors to their different websites in the last 28 days came from these two countries affected by the Western sanctions. The Austrian-controlled crypto payment processor CryptoProcessing, operating via an Estonian crypto license, is the crypto payment processor for Pokerdom.

High-risk payment processors

March 17, 2023

Strange! Crypto Payment Processor CoinsPaid Does ‘Not Announce’ Audited 2021 Numbers!

Crypto payment processor CoinsPaid operates through legal entities in Estonia, Lithuania, and El Salvador. Dream Finance OÜ, the operating entity, which holds a crypto license in Estonia, is controlled by Austrian entrepreneur Alexander Horst Riedinger and led by Max Krupyshev as CEO. In a new press release, CoinsPaid claims to announce 2021 numbers audited by Crowe Global. The truth is that the company does not announce any number.

February 9, 2023

Impressive: Crypto Payment Processor CoinsPaid Disclosed A Billion Euro Transaction Volume!

Crypto payment processor CoinsPaid operates through legal entities in Estonia, Lithuania, and El Salvador. Through Dream Finance OÜ, it holds a crypto license in Estonia. The company is controlled by Austrian entrepreneur Alexander Horst Riedinger and led by Max Krupyshev as CEO. In a press release, CoinsPaid said it processed a transaction volume of around €3 billion in Q4 2022. This is an increase of more than 30% compared to Q4 2021. CoinsPaid claims that its payment gateway processes allegedly about 8% of global on-chain Bitcoin transactions.

October 25, 2022

Interesting! Crypto Payment Processor CoinsPaid Announced Impressive Performance Numbers!

A few days ago, CoinsPaid, including CryptoProcessing, issued a press release claiming to be the largest crypto payment ecosystem. Allegedly, it has processed over €16 billion worth of crypto in total and continues growing by nearly €1 billion per month in the declining market. In Q3 2022, CoinsPaid allegedly processed 4.9 million transactions worth approximately €3 billion. We exposed CoinsPaid as a payment processor in broker scams and illegal gambling ventures. Impressive, isn't it?

August 24, 2022

The Silent Giant: Meet #1 High-Risk Crypto Payment Facilitator CoinsPaid Group!

We warned against the scam Global Trader broker a few weeks ago where we found CryptoProcessing as one of the payment facilitators. In a statement, CryptoProcessing, part of the CoinsPaid group, admitted that they were briefly involved in the scam environment through their UK partner Charge Money Ltd but immediately terminated the business relationship after our warning. Our initial CryptoProcessing review discovered that this is supposedly the leading crypto payment facilitator in online gambling. A silent giant!

January 6, 2022

Global Trader scam facilitator Charge Money Ltd operated by former iPayTotal director!

In Nov 2021, the UK FCA issued a warning against the Global Trader scam; FinTelegram brought a detailed report on the broker scam facilitated by the payment processors PayPound. Additionally, we found the licensed Estonian crypto company Dream Finance OÜ, which sent FinTelegram a statement representing that they never intended to process payments for Global Trading but has been deceived by UK-registered Charge Money Ltd, which secretly acted as a payment agent for the scam. Global Trader already vanished.

November 12, 2021

Investor warning against Global Trader broker scam facilitated by PayPound and Dream Finance

TODAY, the UK FCA issued a warning against the Global Trader broker scam. The scam's website claims that its offices are in Canary Wharf in London. Of course, this is not true. Information about the operating legal entity or the responsible jurisdiction is searched in vain. Payment processors we have are PayPound for credit and debit card payments and Dream Finance OÜ d/b/a Cryptoprocessing.

A Dutch Case: Money Laundering Charges Against Former Jumbo CEO Frits van Eerd!

Frits van Eerd, the former CEO of Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo, is facing serious legal troubles. He is being prosecuted for corruption, forgery, and potentially money laundering charges. The case stems from a 2022 investigation that led to raids on Van Eerd's properties, where authorities discovered €448,000 in cash stashed in various locations, including a refrigerator. Van Eerd stepped down as Jumbo's CEO in September 2022.

Yacht Analyst Report: The Infamous “History Supreme” Superyacht – A PR Hoax Unveiled!

The tale of the superyacht History Supreme is another lesson of how easily the public can be misled by flashy, outlandish claims, especially in the context of wealth and luxury. Allegedly owned by the Malaysian businessman Robert Kuok, the History Supreme is a cautionary example of the dangers of unchecked sensationalism and remains a prime candidate for the title of "the biggest PR hoax in boating history."

Impressive: Bezos’ $25M-A-Year Superyacht Maintenance Costs!

The $25M annual cost of maintaining Jeff Bezos' superyacht Koru underscores the extreme expenses tied to the world’s most luxurious vessels, even as sustainable technology becomes a factor. Koru is a 127-meter (417-foot) long sailing yacht, making it the largest sailing yacht in the world. It was built by Dutch shipyard Oceanco and delivered in 2023. It is estimated to have cost around $500 million to build.

CyberFinance: MicroStrategy’s Bold $14.6 Billion Bitcoin Bet: Visionary or Risky Gamble?

MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin-focused strategy may be a daring leap into the future of finance, but it’s also fraught with risks. With $14.6 billion in Bitcoin holdings, the company is now almost entirely dependent on the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Chairman Michael Saylor’s vision of Bitcoin as digital gold could reshape corporate investing, but will it pay off? Only time—and Bitcoin’s volatile market—will tell.

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Legal Farce or Political Strategy? The Contradiction of Sanctions Against Russian Oligarch Mikhail Fridman!

The EU’s contradictory stance on the Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman reveals a troubling inconsistency between political actions and legal orders. Despite the annulment of his sanctions by the EU’s own courts, Fridman remains sanctioned, and his assets frozen. This is more than a legal anomaly—it is a reflection of the deeper politicization of the sanctions process. Fridman filed a $16B lawsuit against Luxemburg.