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Kristian Khachatourian

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The Banker Who Walked Away: How Yogesh Pattni Survived a Financial Crime Scandal That Shook Kenya

How money laundering and economic crime allegations against Victoria Commercial Bank CEO Dr. Yogesh Pattni erupted with the force of a national scandal in August 2023 — then went cold. A trail of buried files, a sugar cartel’s hidden empire, political funding networks, compromised insolvency proceedings, and the recurring Kenyan phenomenon of powerful men watching their cases simply vanish.

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