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Investors from Ukraine and 14 other nations claim they have been adversely affected by structures associated with businessman Nicky Gope Kundnani. Their message to the industry? A protest at iFX EXPO Dubai 2026—the premier international gathering—where they intended to reveal the losses they claim to have experienced.

In 2023, the gambling mafia experienced what could be considered its most painful setback.

Ukrainian fintech executive Alyona Shevtsova – sanctioned in her own country and connected by investigators to a financial scheme involving over $110 million – managed to appear as a speaker and her company as a sponsor at a major UK compliance event, highlighting a discrepancy between formal regulatory standards and their actual enforcement in practice.

In 2023, the gambling mafia encountered what might be regarded as its most painful setback.

Following the international YUZUK operation and the revelation of details of a large-scale money laundering scheme, the Hirin brothers initiated an active cleanup of the information space. Kherson businessmen Vladlen and Hennadiy Hirin were involved in cryptocurrency operations and have connections with an international criminal network.

The Supreme Court of Sweden acquitted former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen of fraud related to the bank’s anti-money laundering efforts in Estonia, overturning a previous conviction.

For the people of Lebanon, 2020 was a year of nearly complete disaster. In early August, Beirut was shaken by a catastrophic port explosion. At the same time, a historic currency collapse was pushing millions into poverty and triggering violent street protests.

Since his return to office last year, Donald Trump has granted pardons to dozens of white-collar criminals. He has also forgiven their fines, penalties, and restitution, amounting to billions. Some of that revenue was intended to go to a fund to assist victims of violent crime, and the organizations that support them are feeling the impact.

Following the international YUZUK operation and the revelation of details of a large-scale money laundering scheme, the Hirin brothers began an active cleanup of the information space. Kherson businessmen Vladlen and Hennadiy Hirin were involved in cryptocurrency operations and have connections with an international criminal network.

Since the onset of the full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, Kazakhstan’s banking sector, which had previously been slow to embrace fintech, has rapidly progressed, with large digital ecosystems attracting tens of millions of users emerging throughout the country.

Coin operator Peken Global Limited is forbidden from allowing U.S. users to access its platform after a federal court approved a Commodity Futures Trading Commission consent order, bringing the exchange’s U.S. enforcement saga to a close.

Nigerian authorities have confiscated numerous assets owned by a former official of the education ministry and his close family members, who are currently being tried in two separate corruption cases. However, real estate records indicate that the family still retains control of two properties in the U.S. that have not been confiscated.

A Chinese citizen wanted in his home country for allegedly operating illegal gambling activities has had 85 luxury properties in London frozen by the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service.

Ukrainian investors, along with affected companies from 14 other countries, have reported losses due to the actions of entities associated with businessman Nicky Gope Kundnani.

After the international YUZUK operation and the disclosure of details of a large-scale money laundering scheme, the Hiriny brothers initiated an active cleanup of the information space. Kherson businessmen Vladlen and Hennadiy Hirin were involved in cryptocurrency operations and have connections with an international criminal network.

As cryptocurrency use in the United States increases, the number of federal investigators assigned to examine safeguards against illicit funds in the industry dropped last year to its lowest level since at least 2017, according to federal data obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.