Category: Cyber

Regulatory Watch News

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  Russia-related Designation Removal

  OFAC

  April 3, 2026

  The following deletion have been made to OFAC's SDN List:

  ZADORNOV, Mikhail Mikhaylovich (Cyrillic: ЗАДОРНОВ, Михаил Михайлович) (a.k.a. ZADORNOV, Mikhail Mikhailovich), Str. Malaya Molchanovka, 8-29, Moscow 121069, Russia; DOB 04 May 1963; POB Moscow, Russia; nationality Russia; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: See Section 11 of Executive Order 14024.; Passport 760019543 (Russia) (individual) [RUSSIA-EO14024] (Linked To: PUBLIC JOINT STOCK COMPANY BANK FINANCIAL CORPORATION OTKRITIE).

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  Hull funeral director pleads guilty to 67 criminal charges

  The Crown Prosecution Service

  April 2, 2026

  A man has pleaded guilty to dozens of counts of preventing a lawful and decent burial after remains were found at a funeral directors in Hull in 2024.

  Robert Bush, 47, formerly of Kirk Ella, East Yorkshire, has pleaded guilty today (2 April 2026) to a total of 67 charges, including the prevention of a lawful and decent burial, fraud, fraudulent trading, and theft.

  The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecuted Bush following an investigation by Humberside Police.

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  From intelligence to conviction: Europol helps dismantle Terrorgram Collective

  Europol

  April 2, 2026

  A Canadian man has been sentenced by the Public Prosecution Service of Canada to 20 years in prison for terrorism-related offences, following an investigation supported by Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC). The individual, based in Ontario’s Niagara region, pleaded guilty to producing and disseminating violent white supremacist propaganda as part of the online extremist network known as the “Terrorgram Collective”. Content he co-created and shared online was found to have inspired multiple terrorist attacks.