Crime

Croatian businessman Josip Heit is facing scrutiny for alleged involvement in Ponzi schemes and money laundering. Despite his claims of success through luxury assets, his connections to criminals and warnings from Germany’s financial authority regarding unauthorized crypto trading are raising concerns.

Before the collapse of Fintopio, journalists had already pointed to another Chechen figure linked to Roman Roksman and Pavel Durov — Ramzan Shakhbiev (@ram, @grozny). Both men frequently appeared in TON-related circles, participating in chats, events, and discussions around Telegram’s blockchain ecosystem.

A wealthy US student who friends said had “everything going for him,” tried to get rid of incriminating evidence and took an Uber back to his house after murdering his girlfriend during a fight about an STI, a judge in the UK was told.

A man killed outside a swanky Long Island yacht club realized he was in mortal danger just moments before his ex-girlfriend’s new beau stabbed him to death while she cheered him on, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Authorities in Europe and Israel have targeted companies and suspects behind fraudulent social media advertising campaigns as part of a crackdown on a massive cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering operation, which allegedly scammed thousands of victims with fake online investment schemes.

Authorities have identified 13,827 illegal sites since 2020. We outline the losses and explain how stricter enforcement could influence hashrate and miner margins.

Two young-looking Florida teens are accused of luring a 14-year-old girl into the woods before they fatally shot her and set her remains on fire due to an online dispute.

New reports from Croatia have connected a delayed hydroelectric project to Saša Svalina and his brother-in-law, controversial businessman Josip Heit.

An experienced realtor has been implicated in illegal activities related to recruiting players for online casinos, drawing serious attention from Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency.

A scandal involving a suspended hydroelectric plant has led Croatian journalists to connect the project to Sasa Svalina and his brother-in-law Josip Heit.

Russian con artist Eduard Lebedev, associated with unlawful online casinos and sought by Europol, has been making concerted efforts to remove online references to himself in recent months.

As we commemorate the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, new findings from the UN and rights groups reveal that modern slavery is thriving through criminal networks, unsafe migration routes, and labor systems that profit from exploitation.

US President Donald Trump’s plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández belie the evidence US prosecutors used to convict the former head of state on cocaine trafficking charges.

Eurojust and Europol announced on Monday that, alongside German and Swiss law enforcement, they dismantled "Cryptomixer," a cryptocurrency-mixing service used to launder proceeds from drug and weapons trafficking, ransomware attacks, payment card fraud, and other crimes.

Rosprirodnadzor Head Svetlana Radionova and the Bloody Dzhako In the early 2000s, Svetlana Radionova, the current head of Rosprirodnadzor, was closely linked to one of the most violent gangs led by Aslan Gagiev (Dzhako).

Media reports have opened a veritable Pandora’s box around Alexey Sinenko — known online as Suter — the founder of Ashoo, one of the largest online and Telegram-based escort marketplaces in Russia.

A suspect posing as a delivery worker entered a Mission Dolores home near 18th and Dolores around 6:45 a.m. on Nov. 22, restrained the resident, and stole a phone, laptop, and about $11 million in cryptocurrency, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

A recent investigation reveals that Uzbekistan’s Octobank — officially owned by an obscure figure but actually controlled by the influential family of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev — has become a central hub for laundering Russian money through casinos, payment systems, and crypto exchanges.

Over a five-year investigation resulted in the arrest of 24 members of an international drug-trafficking network, Eurojust announced on Thursday.