Financial Times reporter. Investigations. Following the dodgy money. Have a tip? Contact me at cynthia.omurchu@ft.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynthiao.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynthiao.bsky.social/post/3mvcsm6j35c2yPower, corruption & lies with Patrick Radden Keefe https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/power-corruption-and-lies-with-patrick?r=1gauo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web12 Sep 2026 09:51 +0000at://did:plc:hlcxy77xsibd2d77ef5jn2da/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcsm6j35c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynthiao.bsky.social/post/3mq4pmn6ysc2ohttps://as.ft.com/r/7f413e3b-1b49-49ef-a232-7f980663eb91 The price of Palantir’s politics08 Jul 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:hlcxy77xsibd2d77ef5jn2da/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4pmn6ysc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cynthiao.bsky.social/post/3mou7epfvpc2jhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/22/albania-protests-jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-resort-sazan-island-anger-government “The demonstrations are huge because people are tired of this injustice. They’re tired of all the corruption. One of our slogans is ‘stop the dictatorship of dirty money’ because we’ve learned from experience that similar projects only ever benefit a wealthy few.”22 Jun 2026 05:58 +0000at://did:plc:hlcxy77xsibd2d77ef5jn2da/app.bsky.feed.post/3mou7epfvpc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynthiao.bsky.social/post/3mni3onzf2s2k5 (!) years ago the FT cracked open funky invoices and dodgy lobbying. Today Greensill was banned from UK directorships. But where is the Serious Fraud Office with its probe into Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG and its financing arrangements with Greensill?? @bondhack.ft.com https://as.ft.com/r/59893149-7785-46a6-8a24-fe8d6e69ddca04 Jun 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:hlcxy77xsibd2d77ef5jn2da/app.bsky.feed.post/3mni3onzf2s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/cynthiao.bsky.social/post/3mlliy4mebk2rThe (data) plot thickens. “NHS England has granted external staff from companies including Palantir “unlimited access” to identifiable patient data while working on a part of its flagship data platform.” https://www.ft.com/content/8ce1b9be-1d51-466b-90de-54bff1a504ca?syn-25a6b1a6=111 May 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:hlcxy77xsibd2d77ef5jn2da/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlliy4mebk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynthiao.bsky.social/post/3mklnk4h22s2mAPCO Worldwide executive sought to ‘get rid’ of documents despite legal warning in dispute over controversial dossier on journalists commissioned by UK’s Labour Together. Listen to the audio ⤵️ Story by Miles Johnson https://as.ft.com/r/ad2ad21d-a39c-4d4c-8eb9-0c90dab2cf0c28 Apr 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:hlcxy77xsibd2d77ef5jn2da/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklnk4h22s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynthiao.bsky.social/post/3mhxegohjf22oGreat deep dive into how US law firm's entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein brought down its boss - led by the amazing @kayewiggins.ft.com https://www.ft.com/content/064e81a5-5e1b-4364-a581-9062868a373526 Mar 2026 10:10 +0000at://did:plc:hlcxy77xsibd2d77ef5jn2da/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxegohjf22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/cynthiao.bsky.social/post/3mgd233ekq22dSt. Lucia signed contracts with investors, which could have potentially translated into tens of thousands of citizenships, including with a company linked to a Montenegro businessman who was shortly thereafter arrested on allegations that he was part of a tobacco smuggling ring. #DueDiligence [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:hlcxy77xsibd2d77ef5jn2da/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgd233ekq22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/cynthiao.bsky.social/post/3mgczoa26gs2dOn that note, the UK home office just revoked visa-free access to St. Lucians citing a threat to border security posed by its Citizenship by Investment programme #CitizenshipByInvestment https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-370-million-saved-in-crackdown-on-asylum-claims-by-tourists [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:hlcxy77xsibd2d77ef5jn2da/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgczoa26gs2d