The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine informed about the delivery of a new suspicion to the director of the PIN-UP-up online casinos, which is owned by citizens of the Russian Federation. This person was already under investigation on suspicion of aiding-aiding state-aggressor.
According to the State Bureau of Investigation, it is about illegal activities of the online PIN-UP-UP, which coordinates in the Ukrainian segment. The director of the company LLC "UKR GIM Technologi", which was directly responsible for organizing business work, was previously suspected in February this year.
According to the investigation, in April 2021, he submitted a package of documents with deliberately false data to the Gambling Regulation Commission and Lottery. In particular, the documents stated that the company's activity is not controlled by representatives of the aggressor country. Based on this information, the regulator issued a license to gambling on the Internet.
In addition, in the period 2022–2023, the director did not include in the tax base the cost of the software used in the work of the casino. As a result, income tax was evaded in the amount of more than UAH 10 million.
Another serious episode in the case is the legalization of proceeds from crime. According to the investigation, in 2023–2024 the suspect led from the country about UAH 275 million, allegedly as a payment for the use of software for gambling.
The director is currently in the territory of Ukraine. He is charged with participation in a criminal organization, the introduction of deliberately false information in official documents, deliberate evasion of taxes in particularly large amounts and legalization of proceeds from crime.
The investigation is likely to be expected in the near future.
