The crypto charity foundation chaired by former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern appears to be over before it ever really got started. International media reports this week thrust the organisation into controversy over a so-called crypto resort in Timor-Leste that was linked to AB, the cryptocurrency behind the charitable foundation. A joint investigation by The Guardian and Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project linked the resort development to individuals from the Prince Group, a Cambodian network that is under investigation by the US over forced labour concerns and accused of carrying out large-scale crypto frauds. The investigation claimed that a portion of…

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