Breaking: Russia freed wrongly convicted WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of the largest and most complex East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War on.wsj.com/4cheS5q

Just published: How Donald Trump Earned $550 Million In The White House. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

Fascinating from Katie Jennings Forbes on the secretive billionaire spending millions on a longshot bid to cure HIV forbes.com/sites/katiejen…

Been doing a little sleuthing: Confirmed that the #SEC indeed probed multiple investors in an investigation "In the Matter of #GameStop" from at least May 2021 to January 2022. List of at least 18 of the people inquired about and more info here: forbes.com/sites/veronica…

New Forbes: As Shares Of Financial Firm B. Riley Tumble, Lawsuits Against A Related Company Mount Babcock & Wilcox is “systematically” stiffing vendors and commingling funds, at the direction of B. Riley, former executives and subcontractors allege. forbes.com/sites/johnhyat…

This is worth a read... A great piece on how the Fraud $RILY operates. Well done John! The Friendly Bear AV U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission $BW

“I heard the Lord say ‘tokenize the building.'" A network of churches in Northern Colorado is embracing blockchain technology to securitize their sanctuary. What could possibly go wrong? via Nina Bambysheva Forbes Crypto forbes.com/sites/ninabamb…

New: 8VC, the VC firm that backs defense contractors like Palantir and Anduril, employs 2 children of sanctioned Russian oligarchs — highlighting foreign ties to Silicon Valley. 8VC's Joe Lonsdale says it has a "strict compliance and legal framework." forbes.com/sites/davidjea…

NEW from me (with additional reporting by Dan Alexander) for Forbes: former Trump Cabinet member Wilbur Ross says in his new book that Trump ordered him to pressure the Fed to cut rates. That would have benefitted the former president personally. forbes.com/sites/kylemull…

Ryan Breslow stunned investors this week with a plan to raise $450 million for his payments startup at a $14 billion valuation. But the head of the primary investment firm named in the financial documents, Silverbear Capital, claims to never have spoken with Breslow or Bolt...

NEW: Billionaire #Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who was arrested in France on Saturday, is also subject to a criminal complaint in Switzerland, Forbes has learned. The criminal complaint was allowed to proceed in Geneva last October. Read here: forbes.com/sites/phoebeli…

"The case—which is ongoing, according to a Geneva court official—alleges that Durov harmed his youngest son, born in September 2017, five times between 2021 and 2022." Disturbing allegations uncovered by my colleagues Phoebe Liu (she/her) and Giacomo Tognini

many scoops: for the past few months, i’ve worked on a feature for the The Verge about the rise and fall of NFTs and OpenSea. theverge.com/24161573/opens…

Patrick Soon-Shiong rescued this nonprofit. Now some of its leaders have turned against him, and he's withholding his money in return. What a mess. Wonder what folks think of it all. Good reporting by John Hyatt who dug the case up via @forbes forbes.com/sites/johnhyat…

The fake spy, the oil trader and the four-star general. Nicholas Bariyo, Costas Paris, Elisa Cho, Jim Oberman wsj.com/politics/natio…

"Biotech tycoon Patrick Soon-Shiong rescued a struggling medical research nonprofit. Now its CEO and two others are suing to oust their wealthy benefactor, who calls it an attempted 'coup.'" John Hyatt on a wildly messy billionaire-nonprofit drama: forbes.com/sites/johnhyat…

"Florida Woman Bequeathed Donald Trump Condo In Senior Community" A Publix employee, pets and the ex-president were all included in the will of a Trump supporter. me, for Forbes forbes.com/sites/zachever…

New from me Forbes forbes.com/sites/mattduro…

With $1.8 billion in sales, Sargento continues to innovate its top-selling cheddar, mozzarella and string cheeses, all while keeping the company private. forbes.com/sites/chloesor…