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Greetings! It’s June 28, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: U.S. Treasury Department unleashes Wagner Group sanctions, Putin launches money probe into Wagner’s Yevgeny Prighozin, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensberger set to meet with special counsel investigators, $200 billion lost to Covid-19 fraud, and much more…

Plus, don’t miss our new short list of recommended industry reports!

Featured Story

🎯New Sanctions on Wagner Group: US implements new sanctions on companies from Russia, UAE, and Central African Republic over illicit gold dealings funding the Wagner Group. CNN 

Top Stories

🌍 Putin Probes Rebellious Wagner Group Leader: Russian President Putin announces a money probe into Yevgeny Prigozhin, the defiant Wagner Group leader whose businesses received $2 billion from government. NY Post

🌍 Georgia Secretary of State Meets Special Counsel: Raffensperger is set to meet with special counsel investigators amidst subpoenas for communications involving Trump's campaign. NBC News

🌍 $200 Billion Lost to COVID Fraud in US: A government watchdog estimates potential fraud through two COVID relief programs cost the US government over $200 billion. Axios

🌍 Chinese Hackers Employ Novel Tactics for Infrastructure Attacks: New Chinese nation-state actor, Volt Typhoon, linked to never-before-seen tradecraft to maintain remote access to targets. Hacker News

🌍 Syria’s Neighbors Battle Drug Trafficking: Drug traffickers with apparent backing from Syrian authorities clash with security forces in neighboring countries. OCCRP

🌍 Israel Seizes Cryptocurrency Linked to Iran: Israel confiscates millions of dollars in cryptocurrency connected to financing schemes for Iranian military and Hezbollah. AP

🌍 Lebanon's Bank Robbers Robbing Themselves: Desperate measures by depositors cut off from their savings create folk heroes amidst financial crises. Bloomberg

🌍 The Wild Murder-For-Hire Plot of Paris Hilton’s Ex Biz Partner: Florida tycoon Khalilian, former co-owner of Club Paris, implicated in a murder-for-hire plot. Daily Beast

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IN THE NEWS

Russia & China

🐉 Chinese Bitcoin Bounty on Australian Activist Decrypt

🐉 Deutsche Bank's Missing Russian Shares Reuters

🐉 Three Major Companies Seek Exit from China Insider

🐉 Russian Firm's Oil-for-Debt Deal Request to Venezuela Reuters

And more…

Corruption & Financial Crime

💰 ‘Inform Act’ Targets Organized Retail Theft CNBC

💰 'Ndrangheta Mafia Crackdown in Italy Reuters

💰 Cybercrime Syndicate Workers Rescued in Philippines AP

💰 Singaporean businessman Jailed for Role in Wirecard Fraud Bloomberg

And more…

Crypto & Cyber

🔒 FTX Asset Recovery Report Reveals Bombshells CoinDesk

🔒 Glaring CISA Directive Violations Unearthed Bleepingcomputer

🔒 Phone Tracking App LetMeSpy Hacked TechCrunch

🔒 On Facebook, DHS Investigates Plot to Enslave Female Prisoners Forbes

And more…

Reports

📗 COVID-19 Pandemic EIDL and PPP Loan Fraud Landscape U.S. Small Business Administration

📗 Africa Gold Advisory U.S. Government Agencies

📗 Wagner Group: The Evolution Of A Private Army Soufan Center

📗 Multilateral Asset Transfer: A Proposal for Ensuring Reparations for Ukraine New Lines Institute

📗 Targeted Update on Implementation of the FATF Standards on Virtual Assets Financial Action Task Force

📗 World Drug Report United Nations

📗 2023 Fiscal Transparency Report U.S. State Department

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