Greetings! It’s October 10, and we’re tracking today’s top stories: Iran uses criminal gangs in the West to target its enemies, inside the black market of obesity drugs, Cyprus arrests eight on suspicion of terror funding, 69,000 Bitcoins are headed for the U.S. Treasury – while the agent who seized them is in jail, and much more…

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🎯 How Iran Uses Criminal Gangs in the West to Target Its Enemies. After setbacks in Lebanon and Gaza, Tehran is finding new ways to go after Israeli interests. WSJ

Top Stories

🌎 Ozempic Underworld: Inside the black market of obesity drugs. Investigation reveals an international illegal marketplace where criminals alter the drugs or ship the real product overseas. CNBC

🌎 Cyprus arrests eight on suspicion of terrorism funding. Eight Syrians were arrested in morning raids by police in the towns of Limassol and Paphos. Reuters 

🌎 69,000 Bitcoins Are Headed for the U.S. Treasury – While the Agent Who Seized Them Is in Jail. The former IRS agent who seized the recording-breaking sum languishes in a Nigerian jail cell. Wired

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An American Unjustly Detained in Nigeria (Part 1) (Part 2)

🌎 TD Bank Agrees to $3B in Penalties U.S. Settlement. Canadian bank’s U.S. unit pleaded guilty to charges that it failed to build proper AML systems. WSJ

🚩 U.S. regulators impose penalties to resolve money laundering probes Reuters 

🌎 Afghan national charged with planning Election Day attack worked for CIA in Afghanistan. Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi is accused of planning the attack on behalf of ISIS. CBS 

🌎 EU countries greenlight €35 billion loan for Ukraine using Russia's frozen assets. Under the G7 plan, the windfall profits earned by Russia's frozen assets will be used to repay multi-billion loan for Ukraine. Euro News

🇷🇺 Companies sell their businesses in Russia Reuters

🇷🇺 Russia calls on BRICS partners to create alternative to IMF Reuters

🌎 Hackers Claim 'Catastrophic' Internet Archive Attack. Group linked to a pro-Palestinian hacktivist movement has launched a catastrophic cyberattack revealing the details of 31 million people. Newsweek

🌎 Prosecutors Charge Four Crypto ‘Market Makers,’ With Manipulation, Fraud. Gotbit, CLS Global, MyTrade, and ZM Quant were secretly offering market manipulation services to projects to artificially inflate trading volumes. CoinDesk 

🔐 The Endless Downfall of a Crypto Power Couple NYT

🚩 BIS Issues Guidance for Compliance with the Export Administration Regulations U.S. Commerce Dept

Russia

🇷🇺 Republican Senate candidate’s hedge fund managed $415M in Russian debt Guardian

🇷🇺 Two Russian Nationals Charged For Operating Illicit Procurement Network DOJ

🇷🇺 Britain bolsters sanctions regime on Russia with new trade unit Reuters

🇷🇺 Russian Tanker Sanctions Fail to Stop Ships Hauling Moscow’s Oil Bloomberg

China

🇨🇳 How China is using antisemitic conspiracies to influence down-ballot races WaPo 

🇨🇳 China slaps sanctions on 3 US firms, 10 senior execs over Taiwan weapons Reuters 

🇨🇳 China's Chery assembles cars in Russian plants vacated by Western rivals Reuters

Corruption & Financial Crime

💸 Report: DEI Is Transforming the National Science Foundation Free Press 

💸 Fake Jet-Engine Parts Case Prompts Call for Supply Chain Reforms Bloomberg 

💸 Ecuador ex-president Rafael Correa and deputy banned from entering US over corruption cases El Pais 

💸 How Osama bin Laden’s family are thriving after his death Telegraph

Crypto & Cyber

🔐 The FBI created its own crypto token called ‘NexFundAI’ to take down market manipulators Fortune 

🔐 N. Korean Hackers Use Fake Interviews to Infect Developers with Cross-Platform Malware Hacker News 

🔐 OpenAI Blocks 20 Global Malicious Campaigns Using AI for Cybercrime and Disinformation Hacker News

🔐 SEC charges Cumberland DRW for acting as unregistered dealer Reuters

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