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@shadyshores.bsky.socialReposted by @chriscook.newsThanks to The Banker for letting me talk a bit about what I think is a prolific risk in of cross-border payments and procurement of Western tech...
&, like all sketchy things, #A7 used it as well
Story here: www.thebanker.com/content/c6b4...
@henryjfoy.ft.comReposted by @chriscook.news💥 The Trump administration has threatened European capitals that it could stop paid-for weapons shipments to Ukraine if Kyiv does not halt its deep strikes on Russian energy infrastructure, officials told @christopherjm.ft.com and me
@chriscook.newsReposted by @chriscook.newsLatest on A7: the Kremlin money-launderer had Wooshpay,
a London company, listed as a front for making payments — a company that had an FCA registration to act as a money payment institution. www.ft.com/content/1273...
@chriscook.newsI might raise this…
@chriscook.newsLatest on A7: the Kremlin money-launderer had Wooshpay,
a London company, listed as a front for making payments — a company that had an FCA registration to act as a money payment institution. www.ft.com/content/1273...
@chriscook.newsUpdate: the A7 entity involved has just been sanctioned by the UK.
@emmavj.bsky.socialReposted by @chriscook.newsThe Flydubai co-pilot who tried to hijack a flight to Tel Aviv is a former cryptocurrency speculator who four years ago was living with his parents and calling women “rotten meat”
as.ft.com/r/40083ea8-7... The online life of the Flydubai attacker
@chriscook.newsIs A7, the Kremlin's favourite massive money launderer, learning from its early mistakes?
@joshspero.ft.comReposted by @chriscook.newsWas pleased to be the Wagner consultant on this
@chriscook.newsOur next on A7: how subtle were the front companies? Not very. Banks could see they were reusing the same addresses, had linked online infrastructure and clearly observed Russian holidays.
But they were getting better.
@chriscook.newsReposted by @chriscook.newsOur latest on A7: a British businessman active in UK finance was named by Ilan Shor as CEO of VexPay, part of the A7 network, according to A7’s own interbal minutes (he denies it) www.ft.com/content/b3c4...
@chriscook.news(Donald, again, denies all of this, Inc meeting Shor.)
@chriscook.newsThe minutes from A7’s meetings are extremely detailed, and feature this exchange between Donald (the British guy) and Ilan Shor (not just sanctioned, but also an international fugitive) www.ft.com/content/b3c4...
@chriscook.newsOur latest on A7: a British businessman active in UK finance was named by Ilan Shor as CEO of VexPay, part of the A7 network, according to A7’s own interbal minutes (he denies it) www.ft.com/content/b3c4...
@chriscook.newsThe designation is here home.treasury.gov/news/press-r...
@chriscook.newsThe US Treasury has just wheeled out a load of sanctions on A7 and its agents
@chriscook.newsalso, 2003-5 was a period of uncompetitive politics.
@chriscook.newsHe‘s done something similar before: Zero Days used a CGI person as a composite character for whistleblowers he couldn’t show
@chriscook.newsHonestly, he says out loud he wants the restoration of older borders, based on his very odd revanchist nationalism. No-one, not even him, thinks 25 British soldiers with half a dozen challengers in Estonia are a prelude to an invasion.