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Apr 14 • 5 tweets • 4 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
@ArmitageJim @premnsikka 1/ #MiltonGroup the $bn scams: from Tel Aviv/Londonski to Tirana (Albania), @BalkanInsight look at the ‘political connections’ of alleged Albanian scam ‘FX/CFD etc broker boiler rooms’ (balkaninsight.com/2023/04/14/con…).
2/ One of the alleged FX/CFD scam brands cited: #UniverseMarkets (aka White Square Trading) was allegedly linked to both the UK & the web of now arrested (By Italian police) Tripoli born Italian national Ever Cohen. Allegedly last year, his son Daniel & others were arrested …
3/ in Tel Aviv on international (Italian) extradition warrants. Israeli/Londonski ‘white label’ adtech/affiliate/CRM/‘trading’/payment processing etc platforms allegedly ‘power’ scam FX/CFD etc ops, enabling rapid setup, ‘funnelling of victims’, ‘banking ’ & ‘rebrands’. ImageImage
4/ The ‘connections’ of alleged Georgian kingpins, however, extend beyond CEE/FSU + in to the circles of western politicians. Meanwhile, back in Londonski, the UK’s financial regulator (@TheFCA) remains blind eyed & the heads of UK law enforcement/prosecution remain impotent.
5/5 Background: ‘MiltonGroup the $bn scams: From Tel Aviv/Londonski, through Europol/Ukrainian cyber raids on CEE/FSU boiler rooms to the Georgian kingpins & their payment processor/football facilitators - a year undercover with @SimonaWeinglass & @bbcworldservice.

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@ArmitageJim @premnsikka 1/ The continuing curious case of the ‘SuperSpry #Superdry CFO guy’. We left off in 10/2020 with the resignation of Nick Gresham, latest in a long line of SuperSpry Superdry CFOs & Superdry finance faux pas’. Next up Benedict Smith, who lasted < a year … ImageImage
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@retheauditors @premnsikka 1/ UK audit regulator (#FRC) fines #KPMG £1.25m (+ a former KPMG director fined £50k with a severe reprimand) for serious failures in LSE listed electrical product manufacturer/distributor #Luceco’s 2016 #audit (frc.org.uk/news/april-202…). Image
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3/ Installed for the IPO, a shiny new CFO, however, the rot had seemingly already set in. Luceco’s 2016 audit report was declared by the FRC as a ‘dud’, but the accounts detailed the rather fabulous level of KPMG’s £1m fees (£116k audit; £857k IPO related; £49k tax & audit). Image
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1/ @ArmitageJim @premnsikka More from the ‘rotten boroughs’ in only the first conviction of an ‘Eat Out To Help Out’ Govt. COVID support scheme blagger (bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…). Now convicted fraudster/money launderer Mohammed Ikram reportedly made 19 fake claims (£434k) for …
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1/ #CryptoCrap - CEO (Michael Stollery
aka Michael Stollaire) of Titanium Blockchain Infrastructure Services Inc (#TBIS)/EHI Internetwork & Systems Mgmt Inc (#EHI) sentenced to 4.25 yrs for the $21m #TitaniumBlockchain (#BAR) crypto #ICO #fraud (justice.gov/opa/pr/ceo-tit…).
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@ArmitageJim @premnsikka 1/ #LSE listed taxpayer funded homeless/vulnerable accommodation op & #BDO audited ‘#HomeReit’s biggest tenant (‘#LotusHomes’) dished out £1.2m to bosses before bankruptcy’ (cityam.com/exclusive-home…). HomeReit’s punters were bedazzled, it’s …
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