How a Russian forgery scheme evaded sanctions

FT News Briefing by Forhecz Topher

Sep 22, 202611:04News & Politics

Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international banks have handled billions of dollars from a Kremlin-backed fintech company that tricked its way into the global financial system, and Polymarket is lobbying to win...

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