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@ArmitageJim @premnsikka 1/ £5.1M High Court claim by ‘Hong Kong-based’ #PSP #UnicornPayment Ltd alleges false risk report filed/funds withheld by it’s #Mastercard payment acquirer #Worldpay (UK). @theFCA auth #Emoney op #WorldPay allege the same old Londonski #PSP story.
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2/ At the heart of the dispute according to #WorldPay is an ‘online cosmetics op’ (+ associated ops) #24Beauty (reportedly signed up via a reseller to ‘#UnicornPayment’), whose transactions #WorldPay reportedly had ‘concerns about the "genuineness" of’.
3/ Furthermore, #WorldPay reportedly claimed concerns of ‘reputational risk’ from alleged associations that #UnicornPayment's money-laundering reporting officer had with two businesses that had received ‘adverse media coverage’.
4/ The spiderweb of ‘#UnicornPayment’ (according to #Crunchbase, founded in 2020 + homed in Romania) allegedly leads back to Romanian op (with an Italian flavour) ‘#UnicornPayment SRL’. Coincidently, a ‘#24beauty’ online cosmetics op is also no stranger to Romania.
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5/ #UnicornPayment’s Director of Global Sales & Partnerships is allegedly UK national ‘Abdul Aziz Ali’ - allegedly formerly Director of European Sales & Partnerships at now infamous imploded UK #Emoney op #AlliedWallet (the subject of a future expose - ). https://t.co/Yisd9Wq18Xnypost.com/2018/08/02/sha…
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6/ #UnicornPayment’s Relationship & Risk Manager is allegedly UK national ‘Jemma Ross’ - allegedly formerly Relationship & Risk Manager at the infamous UK #Emoney op #QPayEurope (it’s purported honcho alleged to be formerly associated with #AlliedWallet). Image
7/ #UnicornPayment’s former CEO was allegedly Lithuanian national ‘Tomas Snitka’. Coincidentally a Lithuanian op ‘Unicorn Payment UAB’ was incorporated in 2020 - its ‘responsible manager’ (CEO), listed then as UK National ‘Stephen Buechner’ - allegedly a #Barclays man & … Image
8/ included stints as Chief Risk Officer or consultant at UK/UK passported #Emoney ops: #Finolita (allegedly linked to #Wirecard); #PXPFinancial, #IntraPay, #Paysafe (#Skrill) - the subjects of future exposes.
9/9 All roads invariably lead to Londonski, it’s blind eyed regulator (@theFCA) & it’s notorious ‘#Emoney scene’. Image

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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
2/ before the return of Shaun Wills in 2021, a former SuperSpry Superdry CFO guy, who left under a cloud (reportedly personal bankruptcy) in 2015. “… Shaun emerged as the outstanding candidate for the role” Superdry chief executive Julian Dunkerton reportedly said. Image
3/ In 2022 Superdry’s long serving auditor #Deloitte bailed, after reportedly delayed 2022 annual accounts. Deloitte’s parting gift - a 14 page audit report with a going concern warning & highlighting serious long standing internal control issues. These issues also … ImageImageImage
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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
2/ Luceco IPO’d on LSE in 10/2016 (130p : £210m mkt cap). Luceco’s long term auditor KPMG ‘triple dipped’ as auditor plus tax & IPO transaction services. Saddled up at Luceco as independent non-exec/on audit committee: Tim Surridge, former partner at KPMG transaction services. Image
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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@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…).
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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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3/ (unelected) Keighley Town councillor from around 03/2021, some 6 months or so after reportedly making 19 fraudulent ‘Eat Out To Help Out’ claims over four weeks in 08 & 09/2020. The court reportedly heard that Md. Ikram had run up debts ‘running a care home’ - …
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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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3/ false & misleading statements including fake client testimonials + false claims that he (#EHI) had business relationships with the Federal Reserve & dozens of prominent companies to create the false appearance of legitimacy. ‘Team Titanium’ had apparently “over 2 centuries …
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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 …
2/ ‘double dipping’ auditor/IPO advisor #BDO remains befuddled, the UK’s blind eyed financial regulator (@TheFCA) remains becalmed & trading in HomeReit’s shares remains suspended. Background: ‘how scandal-hit investment fund let down war veterans’ - ; … Image
3/ ‘#HomeReit’s social responsibility claims ring hollow to the Hyde family’ - ; ‘self-styled cruel negotiator at heart of homeless property row’ - ; ‘major HomeREIT tenant (#LotusSanctuary - 12% of HomeReit rentals) on the brink … Image
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