Zelenskyy Pictured Posing with Stacks of Cash?

An image allegedly displaying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and first woman Olena Zelenska with stacks of cash was shared on X (previously Twitter) in early June 2024. One submit that includes the {photograph} asked, “Are you able to consider any nation that’s extra corrupt than Ukraine?” The submit has since obtained 301,100 views, 6,900 likes and a pair of,000 reposts, as of this writing.

(X consumer @GabeZZOZZ)

The {photograph} additionally unfold on X (previously Twitter) in July 2022.

As a result of the {photograph} was digitally edited to incorporate Zelenskyy and Zelenska, we’ve rated this declare as “Pretend.”

The TinEye reverse-image search device confirmed that the unique {photograph} depicted Floyd Mayweather, a former skilled boxer. 

(www.tineye.com)

Furthermore, we discovered that Mayweather posted the {photograph} in July 2019 on his Instagram profile, with a caption studying:

That is what I have been listening to for 23 years… “All Mayweather does is brag about his vehicles, his jewellery, his mansions, his girls, his garments and his cash “. And that is what Mayweather says again… “I am completely satisfied y’all spent over 2 many years hating on me as a substitute of constructing your personal legacy ” 😂

P.S. I am right here to remain
Photograph Credit score : @moneyyaya

The {photograph} of Zelenskyy and Zelenska included within the edited picture was initially featured in Vogue’s article from July 2022, with the title, “Portrait of Bravery: Ukraine’s First Woman, Olena Zelenska.”

(www.vogue.com)

It was additionally reposted on the journal’s Instagram profile:

We have lined quite a few Zelenskyy- and Zelenska-related rumors because the starting of the Russian invasion on Ukraine.

As an illustration, in June 2024 we investigated whether or not Zelenskyy bought a on line casino resort in Cyprus. In October 2023, we debunked a false declare that Zelenska spent $1.1 million on Cartier jewellery and obtained a salesman fired within the course of throughout a go to to the U.S. together with her husband in September 2023.

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