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Thrills, pills and political skills: Reporter and Daily Beast reveal dodgy links of Trump media funder

LONDON–In collaboration with the Daily Beast and ace reporter Matt Bernardini, Reporter popped the lid off the connections between a Russian-American funder of Donad Trump’s social media startup, and a brand of male potency pills that were deemed dangerous by the US Food and Drug Administration. The exclusive investigation was published here.

April 30, 2024
Regulator imposes “extremely serious” restrictions on London fintech of Russian-American financier with links to Trump and DeSantis

LONDON—Electronic payments company Dek-Co (aka Paydek) – whose owner is linked to Donald Trump’s Truth Social website as well as Paxum, another payments company catering to the online porn industry — has come under severe regulatory restrictions in September 2023, banning it from continuing to provide service to one existing client and from taking on…

November 2, 2023
Washington Post and Reporter shed light on Trump social media firm financing

The top U.S. newspaper picked up on previous coverage of Paxum and its executives by Reporter.London, teaming up with this outlet and freelance journalist Matt Bernardini to expose the details of a line of financing provided by Paxum’s Anton Postonikov to Donald Trump’s social media network. Among the revelations was that Postolnikov was connected to…

May 17, 2023
Owner of Paxum, the fintech linked to Russia and Trump, donated to Ron DeSantis

LONDON–A man linked by US prosecutors to suspicious financing of a company belonging to Donald Trump has also made a substantial donation to Trump’s rival Ron DeSantis. Anton Postolnikov, with a given address in Miami Beach, Florida, appears on a public register of “friends of Ron DeSantis” as having given $30,000 on 29 March 2021…

March 16, 2023
Global fintech Paxum and Hungarian bank OTP caught up in Romanian fraud probe

Canada-based and offshore haven-linked Paxum Inc was defrauded of some $16 million from an OTP Bank account in Bucharest, but prosecutors allege broader financial crimes surrounding the case.

June 1, 2022