Fin Carter

New piece for @VICE investigating the rise of 'gas station heroin' and whether it could fuel the next stage of America's opioid crisis. Link below.

For @VICE, I headed to Cancún to party with Americans on July 4th. Full piece below.

New piece for @VICE investigating the rise of 'gas station heroin' and whether it could fuel the next stage of America's opioid crisis. Link below.

@danielmkovalik Hi Daniel, would it be possible for you to temporarily follow me so I can DM you?

For @dispatch__media I headed to Germany to write about the Illuminati, Playboy Magazine, and Epstein. Full piece below.

250 years after its birth, what remains of the Illuminati? @fincarterr went searching for the group's descendants in Ingolstadt: 👁️

What happened to the Illuminati? What is the Illuminati's net worth? Illuminati wife? @fincarterr answered all this and more by returning to the group's hometown. A fascinating piece 👇

@HHieupc Hey, can you follow me so I can dm you?

I have spent years investigating scam operations in our region, and one thing has become very clear: (I will put the detail in the comments.) "These crimes are no longer simple scams." I’m grateful to have collaborated with Infoblox to publish this work and help raise awareness about malware targeting mobile users and the scam ecosystem behind it. This is not just a story about one malware family. It is a warning about how these operations are evolving, becoming more industrialized, and creating real harm for everyday users across many countries. I’m truly thankful for the great collaboration behind this work. Special thanks to John W. for the partnership, and a big shout-out to Maël Le Touȥ, Elena Puga Pascual, Piotr Glaska, and others at Infoblox. A big shout-out as well to the media publishers helping bring attention to this issue, especially Sue-Lin Wong from The Economist and Charlie Campbell from TIME. I also want to thank Nguyen Dang Khuong and Duy from my team at ChongLuaDao (CLD) - Safeguarding Digital Trust Initiative for being part of this effort. My goal has always been simple: raise awareness, protect potential victims, and help expose the criminal systems operating behind these scams. This fight is far from over, but every investigation, every collaboration, and every piece of evidence matters. #cybercrime #southeastasia #scams #fraud #pigbutchering #organizedcrime #malware #threatintel #hacking #RAT #onlinescam #cybersecurity #scamcompound #scamcenter

Possibly the most extraordinary long read we've published on Dispatch. Definitely the oddest. Beautifully executed by Chandler Fritz 👇

@GRITCULT Hey, can you follow me so I can dm you

There's already a glut of armchair analysis doing the rounds on Iran. So here's an antidote to that: a raw, unfliching diary from our reporter in Tehran.

@visitjamie Thank you, Jamie!

@fincarterr This was a great piece

Longreads approved

How did a 21-year-old student mastermind a phishing empire that stole £100m from victims in 24 countries? Drawing on court records, private Telegram channels and interviews with those who knew him, @fincarterr reveals how Ollie Holman almost got away with it:

Read the full piece here dispatch-media.com/the-student-be…

New investigation for @dispatch__media on a 21-year-old student who built a £100 million phishing operation from his university room.

Pretty extraordinary investigative work here from @fincarterr. A forensic profile of a 21yo who built a phishing empire from his student halls in Canterbury.

"The sun was setting over Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, and a naked 18-year-old was screaming for her father to fuck her." Read @fincarterr on Ireland's ayahuasca retreats: dispatch-media.com/inside-ireland…