Forensic News

02/03/2023

Forensic News is a US news outlet that published one podcast and seven articles (one of which was a transcript of the podcast) on the topic of Walter Soriano. In 2020, Mr. Soriano brought legal proceedings against Forensic News and the authors of the articles and host of the podcast. The parties have since agreed to settle the proceedings, and the articles and podcast will no longer be publicly available.

21/12/2021

The FBI's most senior counterintelligence officer in New York left his position in 2018 and by 2019 he helped a top aide to Oleg Deripaska find a law firm and "business intelligence consultants" according to new Foreign Agent paperwork:

https://forensicnews.net/retired-top-fbi-counterintelligence-official-worked-with-ex-russian-intelligence-officer-close-to-deripaska-foreign-agent-paperwork-reveals/

Yevgenyi (Evgeny, Evgeniy) Fokin, has reportedly been flagged by the FBI as a former senior Russian intelligence official.

20/11/2021

FBI Investigates Russian Diaspora Group for Potential Espionage, Unregistered Political Activity https://forensicnews.net/fbi-investigates-russian-diaspora-group-for-potential-espionage-unregistered-political-activity/

The FBI is conducting a wide-ranging criminal investigation into KSORS, which announced on November 18th that it was shutting down operations

27/10/2021

Toptal, a company valued at around $1 billion, has quietly cultivated ties to Russian-govt connected individuals. Leaked banking documents show they were paying a relative of senior Russian government official Andrey Cheglakov.

https://forensicnews.net/toptal-wired-gifts-to-kremlin-connected-executive/

Toptal sent three payments to Philip Cheglakov, according to leaked banking documents obtained by Forensic News.

09/09/2021

REVEALED: A deep dive into the money behind the Texas abortion law reveals that it was quietly funded by the nonprofits that publicly denounced it.

https://forensicnews.net/nonprofits-decry-texas-abortion-law-but-quietly-funded-it/

Texans for Lawsuit Reform and the Texas Medical Association funded the sponsors of Texas bill SB 8 yet denounce the law.

20/08/2021

Forensic News received confidential banking documents showing that owner Leonid Radvinsky's other business ventures were flagged numerous times by multiple banks for indications of money laundering.

https://forensicnews.net/banks-flagged-leonid-radvinsky-for-potential-money-laundering-underage-activity/

Banks flagged businesses owned by Leonid Radvinsky: He may be laundering money and providing platforms to underage foreign sex-workers.

01/08/2021

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30/07/2021

Orchestra Group hired Ballard Partners to lobby the Department of Homeland Security on “issues related to cybersecurity," in 2020 and early 2021.

https://forensicnews.net/israeli-spyware-veterans-quietly-hired-trump-ally-to-lobby-homeland-security/

Orchestra Group paid Ballard Partners approximately $240,000 to lobby DHS on “issues related to cybersecurity," in 2020 and early 2021.

18/05/2021

After the Israeli investigative firm Black Cube was hired by Harvey Weinstein, Igor Ostrovskiy was asked to surveil journalists like Ronan Farrow to determine his sources. Then, unbeknownst to Black Cube, Igor became a cooperating source for Farrow and others.

Listen to the full podcast:

https://anchor.fm/forensicnews/episodes/Ep--3-Former-Black-Cube-operative-Igor-Ostrovskiy-e10vc6o/a-a5j2mbt

Scott chats with Igor Ostrovskiy, a private investigator who worked for the Israeli investigative firm Black Cube, often referred to in the media as a “private Mossad.” After Black Cube was hired by Harvey Weinstein, Igor was asked to surveil journalists like Ronan Farrow and Jodi Kantor to dete...

30/04/2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani has expanded to include Russia’s spy activities in the 2020 U.S. election, multiple sources tell Forensic News.

https://forensicnews.net/giuliani-probe-expands-ukrainian-ally-artemenko-under-criminal-investigation/

The expanding Giuliani probe has roped in another one of his Ukrainian associates, Andrii Artemenko, who quietly is being investigated.

23/04/2021

The son of a late Deutsche Bank executive who shared his father’s internal bank documents with the FBI and news outlets such as Forensic News and the New York Times after his father’s death has gone missing in Los Angeles, police and others said.

https://forensicnews.net/deutsche-bank-whistleblower-vanishes/

Val Broeksmit, who shared his father's internal Deutsche Bank documents with the FBI and news outlets, has gone missing in L.A.

09/04/2021

Trump Aide Failed to Disclose Lavish Gift from Ukrainian Client

https://forensicnews.net/trump-aide-michael-caputo-failed-to-disclose-lavish-gift-from-ukrainian-client/

Michael Caputo, a former senior aide to Donald Trump, failed to disclose a painting gifted to him by a Ukrainian lobbying group in 2020.

03/03/2021

https://forensicnews.net/banks-flagged-leonid-radvinsky-for-potential-money-laundering-underage-activity/

Banks flagged businesses owned by Leonid Radvinsky: He may be laundering money and providing platforms to underage foreign sex-workers.

11/02/2021

https://forensicnews.net/us-authorities-probing-wirecard-zero-in-on-california-businessman-ray-akhavan/

California businessman Ray Akhavan has emerged as a central figure in the international investigations into Wirecard and Jan Marsalek