Nominal owner of online casino involved in laundering Russian money has been detained - Prosecutor General’s Office. PHOTO
The nominal owner of a well-known online casino was detained and served a notice of suspicion of aiding the aggressor state (Part 1 Article 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, Censor.NET reports.
As noted, the suspect contributed UAH 30 million to the authorised capital of a legal entity engaged in organising online gambling, the origin of which has not been legally confirmed.
It was established that the beneficial owners of the online casino were Russian citizens who ensured the illegal operation of the online casino in Ukraine. Using a web resource, they, together with other persons, collected information about users - customers of the online casino website. They had personal data and information about the location of customers, including members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations.
It is reported that the persons associated with the online casino carry out their activities in the territory of the so-called "LPR", which makes it possible to finance the power bloc and the defence industry of the aggressor state.
The detainee stayed for a long time in the Republic of Cyprus, where he communicated with Russian citizens - beneficial owners of online casinos.
The issue of choosing a type of detention is currently being decided.
The Prosecutor General's Office added that earlier the actual beneficial owners of the online casino, the director and the owner of the trademark and domain were served with a notice of suspicion of aiding the aggressor state (Part 1 of Article 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). At the request of the prosecutors, more than UAH 2.6 billion, which are on the accounts of the companies involved in the organisation of the online casino, were seized and transferred to the ARMA. The Asset Management Agency used the seized funds to purchase domestic government bonds "Military Bonds".
