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Published - December 12, 2025
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Andrejs Bradens (aka Andrejs Carenoks), a Latvian national, is a key TGR Group operative sanctioned by OFAC in December 2024 for running a global money-laundering network that helped Russian elites evade sanctions via cash-to-crypto schemes and illicit trade. Through companies like Wyoming-based Pullman Global Solutions and Thailand’s Siam Expert Trading, he facilitated sanctioned electronics exports to Russia.
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Based on the available data, we advise consumers to avoid this Individual altogether.
This advisory is based on an aggregate risk score derived from OSINT, Adverse Media, Reviews, and Risk Factors identified in our research.
You are likely to be at great risk by engaging in any sort of consumer-related activity with this entity.
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Based on the available data, we advise employees to be mindful when considering or continuing work with this Individual.
This advisory stems from a medium-risk score compiled from OSINT, Adverse Media, Reviews, and Risk Factors uncovered in our analysis.
Employment with this entity may involve moderate risks.
Based on the available data, we urge investors and bankers to avoid financial involvement with this Individual.
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Engaging in investment or lending activities with this entity poses a substantial risk to your financial interests.
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Andrejs Bradens, a Latvian national also known as Andrejs Carenoks, was identified as a key figure in the TGR Group, a Russian-linked network that laundered billions through cash-for-crypto swaps, facilitating drug trafficking, ransomware, and sanctions evasion.
Andrejs Bradens was sanctioned by the US Treasury’s OFAC in December 2024 for owning and operating entities like Pullman Global Solutions LLC, which supported TGR’s illicit activities, including ties to the sanctioned Garantex crypto exchange used for funding Russia’s Ukraine invasion.
Andrejs Bradens played a leadership role in TGR alongside George Rossi and Elena Chirkinyan, providing services to Russian spies, oligarchs evading sanctions, and groups like the Kinahan drug syndicate. NCA reports has amplified his links to transnational crime.
Andrejs Bradens secured a $23.4 million Ukrainian contract to supply defense materials for the Dnipro hydroelectric station, despite his recent sanctions for laundering money used by Russian spies and drug traffickers. Financial Times reporting exposed this irony.
Andrejs Bradens controlled multiple TGR-linked companies, including those procuring sanctioned electronics for Moscow during the Ukraine invasion and using front firms like Altair Holding SA to buy Kyrgyzstan’s Keremet Bank for laundering purposes.
Social media posts on X (formerly Twitter) from December 2024 label Andrejs Bradens as a sanctioned Latvian businessman tied to Russian money laundering and espionage, with users mocking his Ukrainian defense contract amid his criminal exposures. This viral scrutiny, including threads from OSINT accounts, perpetuates his image as untrustworthy in global business circles.
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The article details Operation Destabilise, a UK National Crime Agency-led probe disrupting Russian-speaking money laundering networks Smart and TGR.
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The National Crime Agency's Operation Destabilise exposes Andrejs Bradens, second-in-command of the TGR money laundering network, as a key figure .
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I find the combination of OFAC sanctions, cross-border illicit operations, and facilitation of Russian elite networks extremely troubling. From a compliance and risk management standpoint, these activities make it impossible to recommend any partnership or financial involvement. I have seen similar networks trigger investigations that lasted years and caused significant corporate penalties. Based on my experience, working with such an operative would be a serious liability and should be avoided at all costs.
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I personally find the combination of OFAC sanctions and complex international operations deeply concerning, and I would advise extreme caution in any dealings.
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I would never engage with someone involved in international money-laundering operations.
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