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The Bank of Lithuania informed that the license of the notorious Italian-Lithuanian Trustcom Financial UAB has been revoked. Bankruptcy proceedings will be filed, criminal investigations have been initiated in Lithuania, Latvia, and Italy due to the possible organization of money laundering by its Italian CEO Marco Spinola and his partner Michele Scognamiglio. They are the beneficial owners of the financial institution. Thus, these guys can no longer be deemed "fit and proper" to run a licensed financial institution, the Bank of Lithuania remarked.

A Lithuanian law firm representing a Bulgarian and a Portuguese company in disputes with the regulated Lithuanian high-risk payment processor Trustcom Financial UAB, which froze the funds of these companies. This case turned into a criminal investigation conducted by the Lithuanian authorities. They suspect money laundering in the amount of more than €1 million in the context of their clients, they say. Another report by Lithuanian online news site Delfi said the Lithuanian FNTT had fined the company €125,000 for money laundering.

Trustcom Financial has continuously appeared on our scam radar as a payment processor over the past few years. Scam operators have been directing deposits from their victims to Lithuanian companies with their bank accounts at Trustcom. While the Bank of Lithuania regulates Trustcom Financial UAB with authorization code LB000438, it is an Italian venture controlled by Michele Scognamiglio. The close relationship with the Georgian tax advisor Business Service Distribution LLC (BSD) is of utmost interest. We want to know more about the Trustcom group and BSD.