Investigations

Ukrainian startup Sixa vanishes after attracting $5 million in investments – big story by AIN.UA

Within a couple of years, Ukrainian startup Sixa has managed to join startup accelerator Y Combinator, attract $5 million in investments from reputed funds, announce three ambitious products, and… vanish. In 2020, when asked by AIN.UA about the progress of

Kyiv-based IT company’s CEO intimidates ex-workers. They complain of his failure to pay salaries – investigation by DOU

Larby Amirouche, CEO of Ad Masters, has asked the administrators of the DOU portal to remove negative comments by his ex-employees complaining about his failure to pay salaries, disclosure of personal data, and intimidation. In response, the editorial team has

A story of how Kyiv-based ‘traders’ Milton Group organized a $70M fraud, and who’s behind it

Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter has published an investigation into the Ukrainian company Milton Group. According to the publication, the company, disguising itself as a brokerage and IT business, organized a large field of activity and received more than $70 million

An untold litigation story of how Divan.TV failed to pay $60k to Rupert Murdoch’s Fox. AIN.UA’s big investigation

In late 2018, Divan.TV Internet TV service announced that it was preparing for the ICO – the initial issue of tokens to raise investment. According to the presentation that was made for potential investors, the service already had 3 million users spread across 200

How FB network, banned for posts supporting Trump, was created and operated — investigation of AIN.UA and Popular Information

On September 23, an editor from Popular Information Judd Legum wrote about a network of ‘patriotic’ Facebook pages that are focused on the U.S. but are managed from Ukraine.  Network’s outreach exceeded that of The New York Times and Washington