Authorities have arrested 23 individuals, including five police officers from the patrol service, in connection with a theft scheme targeting participants of the special military operation (SVO) at Sheremetyevo Airport. The arrests were confirmed by multiple sources, including Russian law enforcement agencies and media outlets. Separately, a Chicago contractor involved in an embezzlement scheme that caused the collapse of a politically connected Bridgeport bank was sentenced to five and a half years in prison after embezzling $14.3 million. In other corruption-related incidents, the Minister of Transport of Buryatia was detained on corruption charges, a helper in Hong Kong was arrested for allegedly stealing HK$203,000 from their employer, and former Udmurtia senator Viktor Khoroshavtsev was taken into custody on fraud charges.