StablR: EFRI asks MFSA what became of its 2025 ‘exhaustive analysis’ One year after the Malta Financial Services Authority told EFRI that it was conducting an “exhaustive analysis” of concerns surrounding StablR Ltd, EFRI has returned to the regulator. Two significant developments make renewed scrutiny necessary: the May 2026 StablR
EFRI’s Payvision Report: when payment infrastructure becomes fraud infrastructure
Newly obtained chat records raise a central question for Europe: when does payment infrastructure cease to be neutral and become part of the machinery that keeps fraud alive? Persistence matters German prosecutors have proved exceptionally skilled at keeping victims away from the underlying court files: ongoing investigations, ongoing proceedings, documents
Over the past four years, we have communicated with hundreds of victims of online trading scams. We’ve analysed their banking documents and prepared criminal complaints on their behalf. Additionally, we’ve reviewed hundreds of pages of court files. At this point, we believe we have a comprehensive understanding of how online
A whistleblower informed us of rumors that the Dutch FIOD is still investigating the PAYVISION/BOOKER money laundering case. It’s conceivable that probing into Payvision’s long-standing involvement with scammers is a complex task. The personal connection between Booker, Payvision’s founder and long-term CEO, and Uwe Lenhoff, the beneficial owner of online
The phasing out process of PAYVISION ends today (June 30, 2022)! On October 28, 2021, ING announced that it would start phasing out the business activities of its subsidiary PAYVISION as a payment service provider (PSP) and acquirer. According to the announcement, this was done after a thorough evaluation of
EFRI filed a criminal complaint against PAYVISION B.V. and its former management, Rudolf BOOKER, Gijs OP DE WEEGH, Cheng LIEM LI, with the Dutch DNB and the Dutch FIOD. The criminal files for Gal BARAK and Marina BARAK are extensive; based on these papers, we drafted the criminal complaint against
We have been doing a deep-dive investigation into Payvision Amsterdam’s business activities. Payvision is a 100 per cent subsidiary of one of the world’s most reputable banks, ING Groep N.V. We know that Payvision wilfully served scammers like Gal Barak and Uwe Lenhoff, as described in our article here. Payvision
PAYVISION B.V. was the primary payment service provider for big scammers PAYVISION B.V., registered in Amsterdam, is a payment service provider founded in 2002 by Rudolf BOOKER and his partners to offer payment services to online shops. PAYVISION has been granted a license as a Payment Institution under the Payment
At the end of January 2019, Gal Barak, the owner of several investment scam websites, including XtraderFX, OptionStars/OptionStarsGloball, Safemarkets, and Golden Markets, was arrested by law enforcement agencies in Austria and Germany. Barak, an Israeli citizen, was apprehended in Bulgaria at the request of Austrian authorities due to his involvement
