EXPOSED: Lopatinsky's Laundromat – How Dirty Russian Money Corrupted $cottish Salmon https://t.co/h1gBFHcRrd
Lopatinsky was ‘instrumental’ in “an immense Russian bank money-laundering scheme” in the 1990s. The 'Moscow broker' still owns @asl_seafoods @LochFyneOysters @rrspink pic.twitter.com/wQf1dJyWFd— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 19, 2022
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When @KennyRKemp @Insidermag reported in 2019 how "the Ukrainian developer Yury Lopatinsky had arrived from Russia with a large pot of investment money" why did nobody stop to think if it was dirty Russian money? https://t.co/0QgV9nColQ@InvestEdinburgh @BusinessScotMag @sbnscot pic.twitter.com/a7lYHPQjpy
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 19, 2022
When @MarkWHerald @heraldscotland reported @asl_seafoods had secured £3.2 million funding @ETocher @RBS_Help where was the money laundering due dilgence on owner Yuri Lopatinsky (outed as closely connected to Russian spies & dirty money)?https://t.co/YB0ehXYvOQ @_KateForbes pic.twitter.com/PZAR2Bj78d
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 19, 2022
When @BBCNews @BBCScotlandNews reported on a £2.7m investment @asl_seafoods & dozens of new jobs why didn't they report on owner Yuri Lopatinsky (outed as connected to Russian spies & dirty Russian money)? https://t.co/XabenhLrDC #JustSaying #SloppyShoddyJournalism #BBC #Scotland
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 19, 2022
When @TheScotsman reported on "the publicity-shy businessman" Yuri Lopatinsky "behind a string of big-money purchases in the capital's Charlotte Square" why didn't they follow the dirty money back to Russia? @scot_business @ScotEntNews @Insidermag https://t.co/I2l2aZrgCD pic.twitter.com/WTT7XahuaB
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 19, 2022
When @KeithFindlay1 @pressjournal reported on RR Spink & Sons @rrspink being eaten by Lossie Seafoods @asl_seafoods why didn't anyone bother to follow the dirty Russian money back to Yuri Lopatinsky? https://t.co/Cobs0zyMtd @mgoldenmsp @scotgoveconomy @moraychamber
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 19, 2022
When @anguscpress reported on the "new owners" for @rrspink @asl_seafoods why didn't they inform their readers that their new owner was Yuri Lopatinsky (outed @liambyrnemp as connected to Russian spy agencies & a web of Russian tycoons)? #SloppyJournalism https://t.co/OoWeGXgr8v pic.twitter.com/8nkONwzXqW
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 19, 2022
When @greigcameron @thetimesscot reported on business going "swimmingly" for @salmon_scottish in 2018 why no mention of their 'publicity shy' owner Yuri Lopatinsky (outed @liambyrnemp as closely connected to Russian spies & dirty Russian money)? https://t.co/zQVitNOpoc
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 19, 2022
When @greigcameron @heraldscotland reported @LochFyneOysters had been "bought out by new investors for an undisclosed seven-figure sum" in 2012 perhaps it would have been good journalism to report that the new investor was Russian-linked Yuri Lopatinsky?https://t.co/IZ4QT9uSaX
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) April 19, 2022
Read more on Yuri Lopatinsky via:
Lopatinsky's Laundromat (Part 1): AVISMA – A Case Study in Corruption, Corporate Fraud & Money Laundering (17 April 2022)
Yuri Lopatinsky: His Story (Chronology/Biography) (12 April 2022)
The Sunday Mail reported last month (27 March 2022):
Exposed: Scottish Salmon's Spy – Yuri Lopatinsky (former owner @salmon_scottish & owner of Scottish Seafood Investments @LochFyneOysters @asl_seafoods & owner of the Charlotte Square Collection @IndigoScotland) https://t.co/RKl4TV9XGg @Sunday_Mail @GordoBlackstock @liambyrnemp pic.twitter.com/vPeZpU5BBT
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 29, 2022
The Ferret reported (27 March 2022):
A British property tycoon with Scottish businesses has denied links to Russia’s security agencies after opposition parties called for a Scottish Government probe, https://t.co/Aenz4WJCzz
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) March 27, 2022
Yuri Lopatinsky, originally from Ukraine, was linked to the Russian state agencies by an MP. Lopatinsky controls a company headquartered at Charlotte Square. Bute House, the First Minister’s official residence, is number six on the square.
— The Ferret (@FerretScot) March 27, 2022
Read more via:
- Channel 4 News on Scottish Salmon Spying on Corin Smith!
- Salmongate: Corin Smith's 'Subject Access Requests' to the Salmafia Reveal Spying by Scottish Salmon!
- The Spy Who Loved 'Scottish' Salmon – from Russia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Norway & the Faroes with Love for Salmoney!
- Corin Smith – interview with the man who is being spied upon by 'Scottish' salmon!
- Herald/Ferret: "Scottish Salmon Company chief hired investigator to 'snoop' on fish farming critic"