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Abus Hyp-E helmet review: An urban e-bike helmet that's ready for anything
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Deloitte’s Abramovich work under investigation by Cyprus police
Deloitte Tower in Montreal. Photo: Mtlfiredude / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Police have launched an investigation into our revelations that Deloitte Cyprus and its spin-off Meritservus spent a decade falsifying paperwork that helped Roman Abramovich hide his wealth and dodge tax. A representative of the Cypriot police’s Financial Intelligence Unit told MPs at a parliamentary committee this week that they were gathering evidence for analysis, according to our media partner CiREN.
Prevelo Alpha Two review: A class-leading all-rounder for budding young riders
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Simon Lock Tech specs Price: £385, $509, €455 Weight: 5.5kg / 12.1lb Age: 4-6 Saddle height range: 430-640mm / 16.9-25.2in Recommended inseam: 39-59cm / 15.5-22in Brakes: V-brakes Gears: Single speed Colours: Speed Silver, Braap Blue, Party Pink Choosing a bike for a young child presents one fundamental dilemma.
Abus Pedelec 2.0 MIPS helmet review: An e-bike helmet for all seasons
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Xnito Kid Helmet review: A well-built option ideal for young urban bike passengers
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Comment des documents falsifiés ont permis à Abramovich de frauder le fisc
Lire uniquement le texte pour utiliser moins de données Crédit photo, SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Article Information Author, James Oliver Author, Rory Tinman Role, BBC Panorama et Author, Simon Lock Role, Bureau du journalisme d'investigation Published il y a 17 minutes Temps de lecture: 9 min Le plus grand cabinet d'expertise comptable au monde a participé à la falsification de documents destinés à dissimuler la fortune de Roman Abramovich et à lui permettre de frauder le...
Fabrications, fraud and false accounting: how Deloitte helped Abramovich hide $10bn
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Abramovich's close associate misled UK court in £1bn oil-fields case, documents suggest
One of Roman Abramovich's closest associates misled a UK court to help secure ownership of Siberian oil fields, leaked documents seen by the BBC suggest. Eugene Tenenbaum, a former director of Chelsea Football Club, helped to manage the billionaire's wealth at the time of the case in 2008, which Abramovich won.
Sursă imagine, EPA Informații despre articol Autor, James Oliver Autor, Rory Tinman Rol, BBC Panorama și Autor, Simon Lock Rol, Biroul de Jurnalism de Investigație Data publicării acum 8 minute Timp de lectură: 9 min Cea mai mare firmă de contabilitate din lume a ajutat la falsificarea unor documente pentru a ascunde averea lui Roman Abramovici și a evita plata impozitelor, potrivit unei investigații BBC Panorama.
Washauri wa Roman Abramovich walimsaidiaje kuficha utajiri wake?
Usomaji maandishi tu kupunguza gharama za data Chanzo cha picha, Reuters Maelezo kuhusu taarifa Author, James Oliver Author, Rory Tinman Nafasi, BBC Panorama na Author, Simon Lock Nafasi, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Iliyochapishwa Dakika 19 zilizopita Muda wa kusoma: Dakika 7 Uchunguzi wa kipindi cha BBC Panorama umebaini kuwa kampuni kubwa zaidi ya uhasibu duniani ilisaidia kughushi nyaraka ili kuficha utajiri wa Roman Abramovich na kukwepa kulipa kodi.
Dokumentumokat hamisítottak meg, hogy elkerüljék az Abramovics vagyonára kivetett adókat
Kép forrás, EPA Cikk Szerző, James Oliver Szerző, Rory Tinman Pozíció, BBC Panorama és Szerző, Simon Lock Pozíció, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Publikálva 29 perce A világ legnagyobb könyvvizsgáló cége segített dokumentumok meghamisításában, hogy elrejtsék Roman Abramovics vagyonát és elkerüljék az adófizetést - állapította meg a BBC Panorama.
Sfałszowane dokumenty miały pomóc w uniknięciu podatku od majątku Abramowicza
Źródło zdjęcia, EPA Informacje o artykule Autor, James Oliver Autor, Rory Tinman Stanowisko, Panorama BBC i Autor, Simon Lock Stanowisko, Biuro Dziennikarstwa Śledczego Data publikacji 25 minut temu Czas czytania: 7 min Największa firma audytowa i doradcza na świecie pomagała fałszować dokumenty, by ukryć majątek Romana Abramowicza i uniknąć płacenia podatków - ustalił program BBC Panorama.
Documents falsified to evade tax on Abramovich's wealth
The world's biggest accountancy firm helped in falsifying documents to hide Roman Abramovich's wealth and evade tax, BBC Panorama has found. Accounts signed off by Deloitte in Cyprus meant assets such as superyachts, mansions and private jets worth $672m (£508m) vanished from Abramovich's company accounts. Deloitte also appears to have advised on a scheme to evade a huge tax bill on the oligarch's wealth through the falsification of documents.
Roman Abramovich aides falsified paperwork to disguise assets and dodge tax, records suggest
Aides of Roman Abramovich – including staff at the global accountancy firm Deloitte – falsified paperwork mapping the oligarch's sprawling offshore business empire, records suggest, helping his businesses dodge tax and disguise assets. New analysis of leaked corporate records uncovers what appears to have been a long-running and carefully orchestrated strategy of backdating documents.
Deloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealth
Andre Villas-Boas claims key reason he 'failed miserably' at Chelsea was because he couldn't handle dressing room of 'egos' and 'prima donnas' Andre Villas-Boas has spoken candidly about why he 'failed miserably' at Chelsea and admitted he could not handle the egos in the dressing room. The …
Roman Abramovich aides falsified paperwork to disguise assets and dodge tax, records suggest
Roman Abramovich has now been placed under sanctions by the UK and EU. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/UEFA/Getty Images Aides of Roman Abramovich – including staff at the global accountancy firm Deloitte – falsified paperwork mapping the oligarch’s sprawling offshore business empire, records suggest, helping his businesses dodge tax and disguise assets.
Fabrications, fraud and false accounting: how Deloitte helped Abramovich hide $10bn
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Abramovich’s inner circle presented high court with sham documents and misleading testimony
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Unit 1 Aura Mips helmet review: A smart, safety-first e-bike option
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Smith Dispatch MIPS helmet review: An urban-inspired commuter ideal for e-bikers
Simon Lock Wed, September 23, 2026 at 5:21 AM EDT 11 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Add Yahoo on Google Smith's Dispatch MIPS commuter helmet, priced at £155, boasts features like integrated light, NTA 8776 certification, and Fidlock buckle, making it a premium choice for e-bike riders.
Lazer Verde Keneticore helmet review: An eco-conscious model for e-bike riders
Despite the e-bike helmet being a relatively new subgenre in the world of bike apparel, there are already plenty of good options – see our best e-bike helmets guide for more of them. You probably have a list of must-haves when it comes to making a purchase: safety, comfort, and not looking daft. Sustainability credentials may or may not sway your final decision, but if you are looking for a model that looks after both your head and the planet, the Lazer Verde KinetiCore is for you.
Lazer Verde Keneticore helmet review: An eco-conscious model for e-bike riders
Simon Lock Tue, September 15, 2026 at 6:54 AM EDT 9 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Add Yahoo on Google The Lazer Verde KinetiCore e-bike helmet is a sustainable option made from 70% recycled materials, featuring the brand's EcoLoc system for disassembly and recycling after use.
Revealed: The offshore millions behind Vantage UK's trading platform
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Money transfer giant Wise investigated for half a billion in suspicious transactions
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fintech giant Wise is under investigation by prosecutors in Belgium Hundreds of judicial requests have been submitted from around Europe involving half a billion euros of suspicious transactions Wise may have failed to comply with anti-money laundering legislation – which is vital in protecting the public from financial crime The digital money transfer giant Wise boasts 15 million customers around the world who use its services for quick, easy payments.
A-list libel lawyers cast clients as underdogs in bid to halt anti-SLAPP law
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A group of elite libel lawyers told government officials that the issue of abusive litigation used by the rich to suppress criticism was being exaggerated by the press The group has long lobbied against a crackdown on SLAPPs – expensive lawsuits that silence people speaking out against wrongdoing Much-promised anti-SLAPP legislation was absent from the King’s speech yesterday, disappointing free-speech campaigners Feared by journalists and hired by the ultra-rich, London’s libel lawyers used...
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Beds pension savers unwittingly bankrolling rapid expansion of gas terminals in the United States
Josephine Moulds and Simon Lock, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism via John Guinn, Local Democracy Service Residents say these terminals are already causing health problems in their communities, and experts say they represent one of the biggest threats to the future of the planet. TBIJ reports said over seven million school staff, civil servants and other public sector workers either save with, or receive their pension from local government pension schemes.
West Yorkshire Pension Fund defends US gas investments despite 'no fossil fuel developments' pledge
West Yorkshire Pension Fund has defended its investment in controversial US gas infrastructure despite having a commitment to not funding new fossil fuel developments. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has shared findings with The Yorkshire Post which reveal WYPF is among 60 local government pension funds which have invested a collective £8bn into funds that are paying for the rapid construction of gas infrastructure on the Gulf Coast.
IWC pension savers bankrolling US gas terminals despite climate risks, Bureau of Investigative Journalism finds
Isle of Wight pension savers are unwittingly bankrolling the rapid expansion of gas terminals in the United States. Sixty local government pension funds – including Isle of Wight Pension Fund – have invested a total of £8bn into funds paying for the construction of gas ports all along the Gulf Coast, according to revelations by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Isle of Wight Council responds below. Residents say these terminals are already causing health problems in their communities.
‘Green’ UK pensions are bankrolling US fossil fuels
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UK public sector pension schemes are bankrolling rapid expansion of liquefied natural gas production in the US South, posing a major climate threat US gas projects are reaping rewards from price shocks caused by Trump’s war in Iran Gas terminals are frequently built in poor neighbourhoods, causing health problems in nearby communities Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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Chelsea given record fine for payments revealed by Bureau investigation
More than two years ago, we revealed tens of millions of pounds in secretive payments from offshore firms owned by Roman Abramovich during his time as owner of Chelsea. Some of these related to the acquisition of major stars including Eden Hazard, Samuel Eto’o and Willian, and they raised major questions about the success of a club that won 17 major trophies under the oligarch’s ownership.
Mandelson emailed Epstein suggesting private villa ‘for your “guests”’
Peter Mandelson emailed Jeffrey Epstein after his release from house arrest to recommend a holiday home where the financier could host his “guests”. Mandelson said he had found a villa in Italy that Epstein could use, offering “privacy with accompanying rooms for your ‘guests’” – with quote marks around the word guests. It is not clear who this was in reference to. Epstein’s connections among the global elite included bankers, royals and Middle Eastern sheikhs.
Regulator told to pay up after calamitous Carter-Ruck tribunal
The legal regulator’s disastrous attempt to prosecute a libel lawyer who worked for a $4bn crypto fraud has culminated with a tribunal ruling that it should pay her costs. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) had already seen its case against Claire Gill, a senior partner at Carter-Ruck, thrown out by the tribunal in December. The decision that Gill can now recoup her fees, understood to be close to £1m, worsens an already damaging defeat for the regulator.
Police arrest 18 in anti-fraud operation linked to ‘quishing’ scam
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Police forces have arrested 18 people and searched locations across the world in a massive investigation into global scam networks, including one revealed by TBIJ. German prosecutors announced on Wednesday that they had dismantled three large fraud and money-laundering networks that they said had systematically abused online payment systems.
HMRC won't admit how much tax is lost offshore
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An MP has demanded HMRC release its official estimate of how much tax is being lost to offshore havens – information we discovered is currently being withheld by the authority. A Freedom of Information request by TaxWatch, shared with TBIJ, revealed that in apparent contrast to its previous claims, HMRC holds data needed to estimate the offshore tax gap. But it would not hand the information over.
City lawyers tried to ‘silence’ police fraud investigator
London’s premier libel firm tried to “silence” a police investigator who had been trying to protect the public from a $4bn crypto scam, new court documents reveal. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) has previously reported how lawyers at Carter-Ruck tried to give the police “cause to doubt” their investigation into OneCoin, a global fraud, and used defamation threats to “send a clear message” to its detractors.
‘Send a clear message’: Carter-Ruck’s dirty tactics on behalf of $4bn…
Explosive court documents in an ongoing tribunal case have exposed how Carter-Ruck, London’s premier libel firm, tried to help the fraudsters behind the multibillion-dollar OneCoin crypto scam by throwing doubt on a police investigation. They also reveal how the firm made threats of legal action in order to “send a clear message” to whistleblowers.
Chelsea football club faces 74 charges for breaching FA agent…
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Chelsea FC has been charged with 74 breaches of Football Association (FA) regulations that mirror the allegations of financial wrongdoing uncovered by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) two years ago. The charges span the years 2009 to 2022, when the club was owned by Roman Abramovich, the now sanctioned Russian billionaire.
Cyprus files criminal charges over Abramovich tax evasion scheme
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Cypriot tax authority has filed criminal charges over Roman Abramovich’s sham yacht-rental scheme with the aim of recovering more than €25m in tax dodged by the oligarch’s company. An indictment was filed last week against former directors of Blue Ocean Yacht Management, the Cyprus-based company at the heart of an arrangement that enabled the oligarch to falsely claim huge tax exemptions on his fleet of luxury boats.
Vitesse kicked out of Dutch football
Vitesse Arnhem have been kicked out of Dutch football after the civil court rejected the club’s appeal against the decision to revoke its professional licence. It means the club has been withdrawn from the country’s second division, in which it competed last season, with Saturday’s fixture against Almere City cancelled. It is unclear whether the club will be able to continue at all. In a statement, Vitesse said the club was “deeply disappointed and distressed” by the verdict.
Following the digital footprints: how we uncovered a global scam…
What links an innocuous QR code in a car park, a Facebook ad selling dirt-cheap Lego and an online competition giving away a free smartphone? They’re all scams. More specifically, they’re scams we discovered were being operated by the same network, run out of Dubai. We uncovered the full extent of this network in our latest investigation, which was part of the Dirty Payments project, led and coordinated by European Investigative Collaborations.
Eugene Shvidler: Appeal against Russia-Ukraine war sanctions fails
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One of Roman Abramovich’s closest associates has failed in his last-ditch attempt to overturn UK sanctions imposed on him after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sanctions are one of the main economic tools the UK government can use to disrupt the Russian economy and put pressure on its leadership. However, there are questions over how effective sanctions have been in stopping Russian aggression.
What are ‘quishing’ scams? And how do I avoid them?
Last month, we revealed how so-called “quishing” scams have been sweeping the UK, with nearly a third of all local authorities and more than a dozen hospitals targeted. But what exactly is quishing, and how does it work? Originally developed in the 1990s, QR codes – short for quick qesponse – have in recent years become ubiquitous in day-to-day life. They are all around us: on menus, adverts, concert tickets, WiFi logins and parking meters.
Revealed: global crime network behind QR code car-park scam
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When former police officer John Oliver drove into Leamington Spa one Saturday with his partner and friends, their first challenge, as ever, was finding somewhere to park. He eventually found a spot, but the pay machine did not take cash or card. Instead, it offered a QR code linking to an app. So he downloaded it, entered his card details and paid the £3 fee.
‘Quishing’: new QR code scam sweeps UK car parks
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Nearly a third of all local authorities and over a dozen hospitals in the UK have had their car parks targeted by so-called “quishing” scammers, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) can reveal. A growing type of digital scam, “quishing” uses fake QR codes to trick people into visiting malicious websites or revealing sensitive information such as card details.
Roman Abramovich may owe HMRC £1bn for unpaid taxes, analysis shows
Roman Abramovich, the billionaire Russian oligarch, may owe British tax authorities as much as £1bn, according to analysis of documents that suggests his companies failed to pay tax on profits made through an elaborate offshore investment scheme. Leaked papers and court filings shed new light on how the income from a $6bn (£4.8bn) cash pile amassed by one of the world’s richest men was managed.
Revealed: how Roman Abramovich dodged taxes on cost of running his fleet of superyachts
When it came to his fleet of superyachts, the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was nothing if not generous. As 2011 drew to a close, his biggest boat yet – the 162-metre (533ft) Eclipse – lay moored in the glittering waters of St Barts, the picturesque Caribbean island where billionaires like to gather to see in the new year. Then the largest pleasure cruiser in the world, insured for €390m (£330m), the ship was all set to welcome guests for Abramovich’s own VIP celebration.
Vitesse accountants given record fine by Dutch regulator
The Dutch financial regulator has handed a record fine to the auditor of Vitesse, the football club mired in a financial scandal. International accountancy firm BDO, which is in charge of overseeing the club’s finances, was fined €1.3m (£1.1m) after being investigated for anti-money-laundering violations. According to a published decision, the fine related to “unusual” transactions between Vitesse, the club’s holding company and its former owner, Valery Oyf.
If Heavyweight rankings were strictly lineal
Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by SimonLock, . If the ranking rules were as follows: 1) You can only go up in the rankings by beating someone ranked above you, in which case you take their place and everyone in between moves down by 1 place. 2) Fighters are removed from the published rankings after 2 years of inactivity, but will be reinstated if they fight within 5 years.
Vitesse Arnhem face potential bankruptcy after having licence revoked
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Vitesse loses pro football licence over financial crisis
The troubled Dutch football club Vitesse Arnhem has had its professional football licence revoked, bringing it a step closer to bankruptcy. Today’s decision by the KNVB, the Dutch football association, means that the club cannot play in next season’s domestic football leagues.
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