Topic: Ukraine Fraud

General Sir Patrick Saunders, head of the British Army, warned that the UK youth may face conscription if a conflict with Russia arises. Concurrently, reports surfaced that the U.S. will station nuclear weapons at RAF Lakenheath for the first time in 15 years. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson encouraged military service in his Daily Mail column, while news broke of mass fraud in Ukrainian weapons procurement.

Paul Manafort has been indicted for money laundering and tax fraud related to his work for pro-Russian President Yanukovych in Ukraine. The charges predate his involvement with the Trump campaign, but Special Counsel Robert Mueller is seen as interpreting his brief widely to find any possible crimes. Manafort's lawyer argues the activities were intended to bring Ukraine closer to the EU and the US.

John Dixon describes the tactics used by Eastern European criminal organizations to steal money from U.S. companies through wire transfer fraud. He shares an anecdote about a water utility company that lost funds after a payment processor's computer was compromised by a botnet. Dixon explains the difficulty of prosecution when attackers use multiple "hops" through shell accounts in different jurisdictions to cover their tracks.