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🎯 Olam Group denies reports of multi-billion dollar forex fraud in Nigeria. Reports allege that company units had "fictitious Nigerians as directors" and that authorities have "uncovered a chain of shell companies" linked to Olam. Reuters
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💥 Moscow Slams ‘Racist’ EU Ban on Russians’ Private Cars. In a Sept. 8 explanatory note, the European Commission said that regulations prohibit the purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, of goods if they originate in Russia. Moscow Times
💥 Hack of Vitalik Buterin's X Account Leads to $691K Stolen. Hackers who took control of Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin's X account have stolen more than $691,000 after posting a malicious phishing link that gained access to people's wallets CoinDesk
💥 DOJ Taps First National Security Corporate Enforcement Chief. Ian Richardson, who spent the past eight years as a prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York, will be the National Security Division’s first chief counsel for corporate enforcement. DOJ
💥 Cops arrest 5 foreigners over links to $76M crypto scam. Four Chinese nationals and a Lao citizen have been arrested over their role in a cryptocurrency fraud that caused millions in losses. Bangkok Post
💥 Iranian president says Tehran will spend $6 billion released in prisoner exchange ‘wherever we need it’. Biden administration officials have said that the funds, the proceeds of Iranian oil sales to South Korea, can only be spent on humanitarian purposes. NBC
💥 U.S. Sanctions Against Venezuela Have Failed. Earlier this year, Teheran-controlled National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company committed to revamping the 955,000-barrel-per-day Paraguana refining complex, which is the largest such facility in Venezuela and one of the biggest globally. Oil Price
💥 China Sows Disinformation About Hawaii Fires Using New Techniques. The disaster was not natural, they said in a flurry of false posts that spread across the internet, but was the result of a secret “weather weapon” being tested by the United States. NYT
💥 The Other Side of the Coin: An Analysis of Financial and Economic Crime. The European Financial and Economic Crime Threat Assessment looks closely at current and emerging threats relating to financial and economic crime. Europol
💥 The Technology Facebook and Google Didn’t Dare Release. An employee who saw the tech demonstration thought it was supposed to be a joke. But when the phone started correctly calling out names, he found it creepy, like something out of a dystopian movie. NYT
💥 Colombia sets new cocaine production record. The new findings on coca growing were published by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, which said nearly 570,000 acres of farmland in Colombia were planted with coca in 2022, a 13% increase from the previous year. Fox
💥 MGM Resorts shuts down IT systems after cyberattack. News outlets in Las Vegas reported that computer systems at hotels owned by MGM - including the Bellagio Hotel - were also down and unable to accept credit cards. The Record
💥 Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and FIU Operational Independence. The FIU model features greater operational independence from political leaders in an effort to ensure that its work is driven by unbiased expertise and judgment. CRS
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