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July 9, 2024

Charged Montenegrin Businessman Dusko Knezevic and the €500 Arbitrage Case Against Montenegro!

Montenegrin businessman Dusko Knezevic, founder and president of the board of directors of Atlas Group Corporation (AGC), returned to Montenegro from the UK. Knezevic, a prominent figure in the financial world with interests in banks across Serbia, Cyprus, and Great Britain, faces serious legal challenges in his home country. When the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London approved his extradition in April, Knezevich decided to return.

March 2, 2020

Alleged Russian money-laundering scheme loses millions in bankruptcy of Austrian Meinl Bank

Early 2019, the Austrian Meinl Bank filed a money laundering report to the competent authorities on the basis of the reports of FinTelegram. The object of the suspicious activities report (SAR) was Keyring Holdings Ltd of the Russian Vladislav “Vlad” Smirnov (aka Vladislav Khokholkov). With the bank's insolvency the money is most likely gone.

November 26, 2019

Money Laundering – The interesting parallels between Anglo Austrian Bank and Atlas Banka

Mid-November European Central Bank withdrew the bank license of the Vienna-based Anglo Austrian Bank (previously “Meinl Bank“). The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMAI) stated it..

July 21, 2019

Veltyco Case – Razzia in Kosovo, bank account seizures and interrogations on German money laundering investigations

Police from Kosovo and Germany conducted a razzia against people and companies in the Veltyco environment in Kosovo. The authorities suspect money laundering and seized documents, bank accounts and properties.

February 19, 2019

Investor Warning – VEmarkets And Grau International OU

On Jan 14, 2019, the Estonian financial market authority Finantsinspektsioon warned against Grau International OU, a company registered in Estonia and the operator behind the..

Wirecard’s Jan Marsalek Confirmed as Russian Spy Mastermind in UK Espionage Conviction

A London court has delivered a seismic verdict in the ongoing saga of Wirecard, the collapsed German fintech giant: six Bulgarian nationals have been convicted and sentenced for spying on behalf of Russian intelligence, acting under the direct orders of Wirecard’s fugitive former COO, Jan Marsalek. This marks the first time a court has definitively established that Wirecard, under Marsalek’s leadership.

Odebrecht Scandal: Former BankerPeter Weinzierl Extradited to U.S., Held Without Bail in Brooklyn Jail

Former Meinl Bank CEO Peter Weinzierl has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States and is currently in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn. The 59-year-old Austrian banker faces charges related to his alleged involvement in laundering over $170 million in bribes connected to the Odebrecht corruption scandal.

KBH Andelskasse Conviction Exposes Deep-Rooted Fintech-Driven Money Laundering Network

The recent conviction of former KBH Andelskasse CEO Bo Stengaard marks a pivotal yet incomplete chapter in one of Denmark’s most alarming money laundering scandals. While Danish media focuses on Stengaard’s four-month suspended sentence, a broader compliance investigation reveals a sophisticated network involving payment firms Clearhaus and FCA-regulated Moorwand.

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The Invisible Backbone of Web3: Is Aleph.im the Missing Link Between DeFi and AI?

Aleph.im is one of the most underrated infrastructure plays in Web3 — offering decentralized compute, storage, and indexing services that could power the next wave of AI x DeFi applications. Unlike most layer-1 vanity projects, Aleph.im solves real problems for real dApps: it lets decentralized applications operate without relying on centralized backends like AWS.

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Startup on Trial: Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos – Visionary or Fraudster? The Final Appeal Denied

Elizabeth Holmes, once celebrated as the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire, is now serving an 11-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in her blood-testing startup, Theranos. In May 2025, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dealt her what may be the final legal blow, denying her bid to have her 2022 conviction reheard.