Slovakia has a systematic corruption problem. FinTelegram reported that the National Criminal Agency (NAKA) in Slovakia charged Peter KažimÃr, 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?
BitRush (BRH) used to be one of the first public-listed crypto companies in 2015 when it was approved for a listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE). Werner Boehm and Alfred Dobias established the company. They listed it at the CSE with Slovakian entrepreneur and investor Igor Wollner and his partner Hans-Joerg Wagner, with Boehm acting as CEO. In 2016, Wollner and Wagner wanted to sign a contract with cybercrime mastermind Uwe Lenhoff to launder money through BitRush.
The European Fund Recovery Initiative (EFRI) was founded in 2018 by the auditor and CPA Elfriede Sixt in a joint effort with FinTelegram and lawyers. EFRI represents more than 1,000 scam victims with around 60 million euros damages. Besides assisting victims, EFRI brought criminal charges through lawyers against scammers and their enablers and facilitators. EFRI is probably the most hated institution for the worldwide scammer and cybercrime scene. Elfriede Sixt talks about her experiences in the fight against cybercrime.
The two friends, the Slovakian entrepreneur Igor Wollner together with his sons Chris Wollner and Sven Wollner, and the Austrian Hansjoerg Wagner are the investors and/or officers of the Canadian BitRush Corp. This company, in turn, is connected with charges of suspected money-laundering and has already been suspended from the Canadian stock exchange CSE in 2016.