“The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv chose a preventive measure for the owner of the online casino Pin-Up – Ihor Zotko will remain in custody for the period of the pre-trial investigation. The owner of the online casino is suspected of ties to the Russian Federation and aiding the aggressor. The lawyer insists on Zotko’s innocence and will ask that the defendant be released from custody. During the meeting, the military stood up for the owner of Pin-Up, who expressed their readiness to take Zotek as bail.”, — write on: ua.news
The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv chose a preventive measure for the owner of the online casino Pin-Up – Ihor Zotko will remain in custody for the period of the pre-trial investigation. The owner of the online casino is suspected of ties to the Russian Federation and aiding the aggressor.
The lawyer insists on Zotko’s innocence and will ask that the defendant be released from custody. During the meeting, the military stood up for the owner of Pin-Up, who expressed their readiness to take Zotek as bail.
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On January 8, Ihor Zotka was detained by the SBI officers. In the reports of the State Bureau of Investigation and the Prosecutor General’s Office about the detention, it was said that the suspect did not have legal sources to contribute UAH 30 million to the authorized capital of the company “Ukr Game Technology”, which is the owner of the Pin-Up brand in Ukraine. The law enforcement officers also indicated that the detainee had been in Cyprus for a long time, where he spent time together with citizens of the Russian Federation – the real owners of the online casino.
The trial of the owner of Pin-Up: what term threatens Zotka
According to the prosecutor, Zotka will be charged under Article 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – Assistance to an aggressor state, namely financing of an aggressor state. The sanction of the article provides for deprivation of liberty for a period of 10 to 12 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of 10 to 15 years and with or without confiscation of property. There is a possibility that the qualification of the crime may change.
The trial in the case of Pin-Up owner Ihor Zotka started on January 10. The case was considered by the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv
During the meeting, the defense of the owner of the Pin-Up casino asked the judge to transfer the case from the Pechersk District Court to the Shevchenkivsky District Court, citing the fact that the actual office of the pre-trial investigation body of the State Criminal Investigation Department is located in the Shevchenkivsky District of Kyiv and referring to judicial practice in similar cases and relevant decisions of the Kyiv Court of Appeals and Criminal Court of Cassation as part of the Supreme Court of Ukraine.
After the judge did not grant the request to transfer the case to the Shevchenkivskyi court, the lawyer announced the dismissal of the judge, citing the fact that he was not given enough time to read the 5 volumes of the Zotka case and the alleged wrongful refusal to transfer the case to the Shevchenkivskyi district court.