@retheauditors@premnsikka 1/ The Notorious Stephen Ward dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7…, yet another “government advisor” that devastated the pensions/life savings of hundreds of victims, plugged in to the secretive networks that operate unfettered both inside & outside of the FCA’s..
2/ pitifully small regulatory perimeter it’s no surprise that one of his japes “London Quantum Occupational Pension Scheme” included so many “familiar faces” from the “curious cases”. The rest are in the queue with the exception of “Mallets Loan Note” - a despicable tale of a ..
3/ a pair of UK solicitors gov.uk/government/new…, enough for them to be banned as directors but seemingly just like #LCF’s Sedgwick not enough for prompt action from the @sra_solicitors. If we look at the biggest scheme “investment” - Quantum PYX Managed FX Fund, it’s no ..
4/ surprise that it’s “fund advisor” was PYX Asset management Ltd (now liquidated) scribd.com/document/47612…, it’s roots in Tunbridge Wells & Hong Kong. Unsurprisingly it was a FCA A.R. of the notorious Stargate Capital Management Ltd/Merchant Capital Ltd swirling around the ..
5/ secretive networks spewing out of Renwick Haddow/Andrew Meikle’s (with the old Razzall Dazzle) ARC/Catalyst etc japery in the FSA’s small caps cesspit & the IPM crew’s japery to create a major dose of the Minibond Mayhem. Next curious case is a despicable tale of gross ..
6/ regulatory failure, secretive networks, multiple scams and victims en masse ... from forestry scams to MJS Capital and beyond! with a bit part from the self styled “Startup Whisperer” whose op is likely on the list of Quantum “investments” as well. Meanwhile the FCA leave ..
7/7 the devastated and desperate victims to claims scheisters to take them for a ride for a second time.
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1/ The Porn Men: #Aylo (fka #MindGeek #ManWin & #Mansef), better known historically as some of the world’s most notorious & largest web traffic websites eg #Pornhub, #RedPorn & #YouPorn - under new ownership [‘Ethical Capital Partners’ #ECP], but what’s the name of their game ?
2/ Way back in 2020 the secretive world of #Mindgeek exploded after a #NYT investigation ‘the children of #Pornhub’ which accused #Pornhub of doing little to prevent videos that showed sex-trafficked girls, unconscious women being raped, sexual assault and child sexual abuse.
The NYT expose was triggered by a BBC investigation - ‘I was raped at 14, and the video ended up on a porn site [#Pornhub]’ (bbc.co.uk/news/stories-5…).
In 2022, VISA & Mastercard purportedly ‘cut off’ #MindGeek access to ad network credit & debit card processing (cnbc.com/2022/08/04/vis…).
In August 2022, U.S. District Court Judge ‘Cormac Carney’ reportedly described #MindGeek as a “known alleged criminal entity” that ‘intentionally throttled content moderation because illegal content was good for business’ (thelogic.co/commentary/que…)
In 03/2023, #Aylo, (then named #MindGeek) was ‘sold’ to notionally Canadian private equity op ‘Ethical Capital Partners’ #ECP (ft.com/content/69c329…).
In 12/2023 #Pornhub’s parent company [#Aylo, fka #MindGeek] admitted to receiving proceeds of sex trafficking and agreed to a deferred prosecution agreement which included a $1.8bn fine and a three-year monitor [justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/p…]
3/ Ad/affiliate networks & payment processors (now crypto exchanges as well) & associated banks/#Emoney ops are the fuel without which porn sites cannot be monetised - but it’s not just online porn that rely on this ad/affiliate network & payment processor ‘fuel’, so do for example ‘online cannabis’ ops & scams.
All roads invariably lead to London, exposed for example in the #Wirecard scandal, ‘Consett formation factory’ and Bloomberg’s looksie under the hood of #Checkout[.]com.
1/ ‘Oliver Ryan’ (Labour MP - Burnley, Padiham & Brierfield), UNMASKED as second ‘Tameside Council’ linked @UKLabour MP member (along with ‘Andrew Gwynne’, Labour MP - Gorton and Denton) of ‘vile WhatsApp group in which racist, sexist & anti-Semitic messages were exchanged’ ().dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
2/ ‘Tameside Council’, next door to ‘Oldham Council’ (of ‘grooming gang’ infamy), has been a ‘rotten borough’ for years. ‘Oliver Ryan’, one of many @UKLabour nepo-babies, is the son of a Tameside Councillor & was a Tameside Councillor at age 19 (2015) - one of “the gang”.
3/ A 09/2016 ‘Tameside Council’ document ‘REVIEW OF CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION’ noted “over the last 2 years, a series of inquiries & reviews have highlighted significant weaknesses in our collective action to protect vulnerable children and young people from sexual exploitation”.
1/ Russian #FSB reportedly raided an alleged #MiltonGroup linked investment scam call centre in Moscow, allegedly responsible for defrauding 100,000 people in 50 countries: 11 arrests (). < Warning: note possible disinformation >themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/09/rus…
2/ Russian #FSB claimed the call center was part of an international network, the #MiltonGroup, originally exposed in 2020 by a consortium of more than 20 news outlets around the world, including #DagensNyheter in Sweden, @OCCRP & #TimesofIsrael (dn.se/nyheter/sverig… AND occrp.org/en/organizatio… AND timesofisrael.com/israeli-run-sc…).
3/ The #FSB reportedly said it had arrested 11 incl. an Israeli-Ukrainian citizen ‘J. D. Keselman’ alleged to be one of the company’s heads. An arrest warrant reportedly was also issued for an Israeli-Georgian citizen ‘D. Todua’, alleged to be the other company head.
@ArmitageJim @premnsikka 1/ ‘'Solid gold' payments card case exposes limits of UK regulator (@theFCA). Arrest of #Nvayo's Christopher Scanlon raises questions about @theFCA’s ability to oversee digital payments sector. (). #Emoney #OpenBanking ft.com/content/20e7ed…
2/ In 06/2017 #OnlineGambling op #GVC Holdings Plc (f/k/a #Entain) announced the completion of the sale of it’s ‘controversial’ in house #FCA auth. payment processing & card issuing group: ‘#Kalixa Group’ (f/k/a ‘#CQR Group’) that came in #GVC’s acquisition of ‘controversial’ #OnlineGambling op #BWIN.Party.
3/ Surprisingly, #Kalixa Group was sold by #GVC for a fraction of its expected value to #Senjo Group, (linked to the #Wirecard scandal). Surprisingly, a month later it was announced that #GVC had sold part of #Kalixa Group: ‘BW Pay Ltd’ (up until shortly before the #Senjo sale named #Kalixa Pay - a #FCA auth debit card issuer/#Emoney op) to (UBO) Christopher Scanlon.
1/ #Wirecard’s former CFO ‘Burkhard Ley’ charged by German prosecutors with #fraud, 3 years after the now notorious German payment processing unicorn #Wirecard imploded. But who was ‘Burkhard Ley’ ? (‘Wirecard’s Mr Teflon’ - ). handelsblatt.com/finanzen/banke…
2/ Burkhard Ley was a bank clerk at a German savings bank (1982-8) before joining the now notorious #SalOppenheim private bank (1988-2000), rising to its director of corporate Finance. #SalOppenheim was one of Europe’s biggest/most conservative private banks, interacting with …
3/ the ‘German elite’ since 1789. That all changed when purportedly ‘Baron Christopher von Oppenheim’ took over the management of the bank in the 90s, surrounding himself with ‘outsiders’ - the bank allegedly going ‘full tonto’ in both risky & shady ‘investment banking business’.
1/ #Wirecard’s former CFO ‘Burkhard Ley’ charged by German prosecutors with #fraud, 3 years after the now notorious German payment processing unicorn #Wirecard imploded. But who was ‘Burkhard Ley’ ? (‘Wirecard’s Mr Teflon’ - Handelsblatt 10/2021 - ). drive.google.com/file/d/1vo5dQQ…
2/ ‘Burkhard Ley’ was a bank clerk at a German savings bank (1982-8) before joining the now notorious #SalOppenheim private bank (1988-2000), rising to its director of corporate Finance. #SalOppenheim, was one of Europe’s biggest & most conservative private banks, interacting …
3/ with the ‘German elite’ since 1789. That all changed when ‘Baron Christopher von Oppenheim’ took over the management of the bank in the 1990s, surrounding himself with ‘outsiders’ - the bank allegedly going ‘full tonto’ in both risky & shady ‘investment banking business’.