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Mark Warner’s Connections to Spyware Firm NSO Group Revealed

By Scott Stedman December 14, 2020Reporting, Uncategorizedmark warner, nicholas perrins, NSO Group, omri lavie

U.S. Sen Mark Warner, the Ranking Member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee, has deep connections to a founder of the spyware company NSO Group according to corporate and government…

Forensic News Roundup: Trump prepares for post-presidency

By Adrienne Cobb November 25, 2020Uncategorized

Transition After weeks of delay, General Services Administration (GSA) chief Emily Murphy authorized the start of the presidential transition. However, in a letter to Biden, Murphy does not address him as “president-elect”…

Senator Johnson Accepts Packet of Information on Bidens from Associate of Russian Agent

By Scott Stedman October 22, 2020Reporting, Uncategorized

Senator Ron Johnson recently accepted a packet of information from disgraced former Ukrainian prosecutor Kostiantyn Kulyk, in what appears to be the most recent example of a Russian-backed disinformation campaign…

Records Show Trump’s Middle East Envoy Incorporated Company with Chinese Bank Account

By Scott Stedman October 21, 2020Reporting, Uncategorized

Corporate documents exclusively obtained by Forensic News show that the Trump Organization's formal legal advisor who was tapped as Trump's Representative for International Negotiations in the Middle East managed the Delaware…

Russian Intelligence Connected Bank Deposited $330 Million Into Deutsche Bank America

By Scott Stedman October 1, 2020Reporting, Uncategorized

A small financial institution in Russia whose owner has been called a “front” for Russian intelligence services quietly moved $330 million dollars into an account at Deutsche Bank’s New York…

OnlyFans Faces Allegations of Fraud, Theft

By Scott Stedman August 13, 2020Reporting, UncategorizedLeonid Radvinsky, OnlyFans

As COVID-19 quarantines began around the globe, seasoned sex workers and amateurs alike were left floundering and looking for new ways to earn a living. Many turned to a platform…

Enigmatic Russian Businessman in London Intrigues Investigators

By Scott Stedman July 27, 2020Reporting, UncategorizedDmitry Tsvetkov, Elsina Khayrova

In August 2019, the Russian military deployed for the first time a new unmanned surveillance drone that greatly expands the spying capabilities of the Russian state. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,…

Forensic News Roundup: Federal agents take to Portland streets

By Adrienne Cobb July 20, 2020Uncategorized

Portland protests Trump’s agents are sweeping peaceful citizens off the streets. Oregon Public Broadcasting: Federal law enforcement officers have been using unmarked vehicles to drive around downtown Portland and detain protesters…

US Investigators Probe Massive Global Financial Crime Network

By Scott Stedman July 9, 2020Reporting, UncategorizedEaze, FBME Bank, Ray Akhavan, Wirecard

Court documents, source interviews, and a confidential report by the business intelligence company Kroll reviewed by Forensic News show that a partner who handled credit card processing for the marijuana…

Reimagining First Responders Amid Calls to Defund Police

By Sophie Pierce June 25, 2020Reporting, Uncategorized

Calls to defund police departments are being made in several states across the nation. There are debates over what the defunding of police would actually look like and concerns about…