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Weekly Roundup: Britain Targets Russian Money Laundering Network, Rapper Jailed Over 1MDB Scheme, and More

TGR, a Russian money laundering network with a significant footprint in Britain, has links to A7A5, a ruble-backed stablecoin suspected of being used by Moscow to sustain its military machine in the face of Western sanctions, ACAMS moneylaundering.com reported. More and More Russian intelligence agencies used TGR, and another network known as Smart, to fund a Bulgarian spy ring led by Jan Marsalek, the former chief operating officer of Wirecard, who is wanted in Germany for alleged fraud offenses linked to the collapse of the payments firm, the Financial Times reported. More A court in New York sentenced hip-hop artist...

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