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🎯 Hindenburg Research targets $4.6 billion Kazakh brokerage for helping Russian oligarchs evade sanctions. The prominent short seller that’s bet against Jack Dorsey and Carl Icahn is now taking on a $4.6 billion online brokerage based in Kazakhstan. CNBC
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💥 Ralph Lauren Canada faces federal probe into use of forced Uyghur labor. Canada has failed to intercept any imports made with forced labor in recent years despite a commitment to stop such products from entering the country. Globe and Mail
💥 Islamic State group still has thousands in Syria and Iraq. The Islamic State group still commands between 5,000 and 7,000 members across its former stronghold in Syria and Iraq and its fighters pose the most serious terrorist threat in Afghanistan today. AP
💥 LinkedIn accounts hacked in widespread hijacking campaign. LinkedIn is being targeted in a wave of account hacks resulting in many accounts being locked out for security reasons or ultimately hijacked by attackers. Bleepingcomputer
💥 Americans are unwittingly funding China’s military expansion. Wall Street firms are using money from U.S. investors to fund Chinese companies that are working against U.S. interests and values, and lawmakers want to push back. WaPo
💥 Russia Forces Children to Assemble Iranian Suicide Drones for Ukraine War. The revelations at Alabuga Polytechnic University raise troubling implications about the lengths that Russian authorities are going to in order to boost the war effort. RFEL
💥 UAE arrests 387 international suspects in two-year money laundering crackdown. The two-year investigation was conducted in collaboration with law enforcement agencies around the world. National News
💥 SEC fines UK firm Crowe over audit of music streaming business. Crowe falsely claimed its staff were qualified to conduct an audit according to standards set by the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Reuters
💥 China email hacks included accounts of House member. A House lawmaker says his personal and political emails had been stolen by the same suspected Chinese hackers that breached the inboxes of the U.S. State and Commerce departments. The Record
💥 Ukraine seizes $206 million in assets from Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash over gas theft scheme. So far, 15 people, including the Regional Gas Company's owner, have been charged in relation to the case. Kyiv Independent
💥 Hong Kong Monetary Authority takes disciplinary action against EFG Bank AG. The disciplinary action follows an on-site examination and further investigation by the HKMA on EFGHK’s systems and controls for compliance with the AMLO. HKMA
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