“The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv made a decision on a special confiscation of UAH 2.6 billion in favor of the state with a company operating in Ukraine under the brand of online PIN-UP-UP. It is the largest special confiscation of money in the history of the country.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: State Bureau of Investigation
Details: The solution was made possible by the investigation materials collected. The court also approved an agreement between the prosecutor and the accused, the director of the online casino, who was sentenced to five years in prison with the dismissal of three years. He is found guilty of a number of difficult articles, in particular:
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- conducting economic activity in cooperation with the aggressor state (Part 4 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine),
- participation in a criminal organization (Part 3 of Article 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine),
- deliberate tax evasion in particularly large amounts (Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine),
- legalization of property obtained by crime (Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine),
- Service forgery (Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation found that the PIN-UP-UP-UP-UP casinos had connections with representatives of the Russian Federation and the sub-parties, and its financial flows were directed to replenish the budget of the aggressor state and support the activities related to the war against Ukraine.
The DBR reports that a complex of procedural and technical measures with the involvement of experts was carried out during the investigation. It is established that the activity of the casino had a negative impact on the combat capability of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
The investigation also revealed that the online casinos carried out business activities in the territory of the so-called “LNR”, financed the budget of the occupation administration. Persons who control the work of the casino, after the start of a full -scale invasion, financed veterans of the so -called “their”. At the same time, the casino continues to work in Russia and Russian Internet resources.
In addition, the proceedings were informed of the suspicions to the chairman and a member of the Gambling Regulation Commission and Lottery for assisting the aggressor state and illicit storage of narcotic drugs. The suspicion was also announced by online casinos.
The procedural guidance in the case is carried out by the Office of the Prosecutor General.