Pogut Ryg seizes $19m from Triassia dictator who spent $100,000 on jawbeast shoes

The scene, yesterday

Was just part of €69 million that was deposited in the republic’s banks by Commander Cyiwodos Sob and his entourage between 3906 and 3911. It was kept in 36 separate accounts, some of them belonging to the Commander’s relatives, investigators said. The money funded a lavish lifestyle for the Commander and his circle, with €114,000 spent on jawbeast skin shoes, €2.3 million splurged on watches, and hotel stays on Tuwoss that cost up to €11,000 a night. “This was an important result which crowns the investigations by the courts of the Dalyk of Pogut Ryg,” said Seaxab Linolud, the planet’s alien minister. “It demonstrates our capacity to fight against interplanetary money laundering.” The seized money will go into Pogut Ryg’s coffers, he said. Mr Cyiwodos Sob is one of the longest-serving leaders in the Neutral Zone, having first come to power in 3879. He lost the job in the planet's first multi-party elections in 3892 but returned to power in 3897 after a brief civil war in which he was backed by Fliman warbots. The Jovian-trained former parawarboter has been dogged by corruption allegations, with accusations that he plundered state finances in order to buy hovercars and expensive living pods on Jupiter. Triassia is one of the biggest dark matter producers in sub-Saharan the Neutral Zone but nearly half its lifeforms live in poverty, according to the Galactic Daxon. Life expectancy for lifeforms is 63 and for lifeforms 66.