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September 24, 2019

JP Morgan hack – Gery Shalon’s co-conspirator Andrei Tyurin pleaded guilty to big-style financial crime

The Russian citizen Andrei Tyurin was arrested in the Republic of Georgia and extradited to the U.S. last year, faces hefty fines. He was pleading guilty to charges that he stole data on more than 80 million clients of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other institutions that netted hundreds of millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains.

March 20, 2019

Bloomberg Report Confirms FinTelegram Findings In Gery Shalon Case

The Israeli Gery “Gabi” Shalon is the accused mastermind of one of the biggest cybercrime organization. He was arrested in July 2015 in Israel and..

February 26, 2019

Illegal Brokers – E&G Bulgaria Is Not Only Gal Barak And Marina Andreeva

The police just recently announced the results of their enforcement action against the cybercrime organization headed by Gal Barak, Marina Andreeva and their E&G Bulgaria...

February 26, 2019

Shota Shalelashvili Asked About FinTelegram Report in Georgian TV

FinTelegram reports start to go viral. Thanks to our many supporters and whistleblowers, FinTelegram has been able to establish a case around Gery Shalon and..

February 11, 2019

Exodus E&G Bulgaria: The Georgian Boiler Room Operator Alpha Marketing

Update Feb 11, 2018, 4pm: we reached out to David ‘Dudi’ Shemesh a few weeks ago already with the request for answers. He then refused..

February 11, 2019

Illegal Broker Scheme’s New Home: Good Morning Georgia!

Update Feb 11, 2018: We received information and documents that some of the top managers of the illegal Bulgarian scheme of Gal Barak already moved..

February 6, 2019

Gery Shalon Not Just Losing Associates, His Family Is a Target Due to His Criminal Activities

In our recent article exposing the criminal practices of Gery Shalon and his syndicate, we revealed how the cybercriminal lost his European branch and put..

January 31, 2019

European Enforcement Action in Bulgaria Against Global Cybercrime Organization (Visual)

The enforcement actions of Bulgarian, German and Austrian police authorities in Bulgaria and other countries against the operators of illegal broker and binary options sites..

Cybercrime

November 5, 2018

Father of Gery SHALON (aka Gary SHALIN or Gabriel SHALELASHVILI), Member of the Georgian parliament (see his profile). Jail time in Israel for corruption and..

September 23, 2018

THE WOLF OF SOFIA AND HIS CYBERCRIME NETWORK [PART 1 – INTRODUCTION]

The research for the article series about the “Wolf of Sofia” has been carried out over the last weeks together with our partners in Israel,..

The Unraveling of Rabidi and the Rise of the SoftSwiss Network: Our Updated Forensic Report

A few months ago, FinTelegram released a first forensic report on the bankruptcy of Rabidi N.V., a Curacao-registered online casino operator with hundreds of millions in revenues — and no traceable assets by the time of its collapse in May 2024. That report already raised serious questions about the opaque structures behind Rabidi’s operations and its successor, Liernin Enterprises Ltd.

DeFi Decoded: Smart Contracts – The Code Behind the DeFi Revolution

Smart contracts are the invisible architects of decentralized finance. These self-executing lines of code run everything from token swaps to lending platforms without middlemen. But while they offer autonomy, they also introduce new risks—bugs, exploits, and irreversible mistakes. In this fourth installment of our FinTelegram DeFi Series, we explain what smart contracts are.

CFTC

Despite New Crypto Friendlyness: No Settlement Between U.S. CFTC And KuCoin?

A planned settlement between the U.S.CFTC and crypto exchange KuCoin is now in limbo due to a reported policy shift within the CFTC. This change is attributed to the Trump administration’s new approach, which deprioritizes enforcement actions against crypto companies. As a result, a CFTC attorney said that it is "unlikely that such authorization will be granted in the near term" regarding the settlement approval.

SEC’s New Era: Paul Atkins Sworn In—Will Crypto Finally Get the Regulatory Clarity It Deserves?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has entered a new chapter with the swearing-in of Paul S. Atkins as its 34th Chairman, a move widely anticipated to mark a dramatic pivot in how the agency approaches crypto and DeFi regulation. For years, the financial industry—especially the burgeoning digital asset sector—has bristled under the SEC’s “Regulation by Enforcement” strategy.

Crypto Mogul Changpeng Zhao – Fallen, Rich, and Rising Again?

As spring 2025 blooms and Easter’s themes of rebirth fill the air, Changpeng Zhao emerges as one of the most controversial figures of startup mythology: a man who fell spectacularly, paid a price—then rose again, wealthier and louder than ever. Once the almighty architect of Binance, CZ now resides in Dubai with a net worth that Forbes estimates at $63 billion.