The nominal owner of the online casino PIN-UP has been detained in Ukraine for laundering funds linked to the aggressor state. According to TSN. This information has been reported by Kontrakty.UA.
The press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General and the State Bureau of Investigation confirmed this.
The suspect contributed 30 million UAH to the authorized capital of the company that organized online gambling, the origins of which were not verified.
"It has been established that the beneficial owners of the online casino – citizens of the Russian Federation – facilitated the illegal operation of the online casino on the territory of Ukraine. Through the web resource, they, along with other individuals, collected information about the users – clients of the online casino website. They had access to personal data and information about the locations of clients, including servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations," the statement reads.
Their activities in the so-called "LPR" contributed to the financing of the aggressor state's security forces. The suspect had been residing in Cyprus for an extended period, where he communicated with Russian beneficiaries of the casino. Currently, the issue of choosing a preventive measure is being resolved.
"Earlier, suspicions were reported regarding the complicity with the aggressor state of the actual beneficial owners of the online casino, the director, and the owner of the trademark and domain (Part 1 of Article 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). At the request of the prosecutors, over 2.6 billion UAH, located in the accounts of companies involved in the operation of this online casino, have been arrested and transferred to the management of ARMA. The Asset Management Agency purchased "Military Bonds" with the seized funds," the statement adds.
As a reminder, the court sent the head of the Gambling Regulation Commission, Rudi, to pre-trial detention.