According to the materials of the Bureau of Economic Security, preventive measures were taken against two heads of departments of JSC "Ibox Bank", which "laundered" over 5 billion hryvnias for illegal casinos.
The court ruled to keep the suspects in custody.
The investigation established that the suspects, together with the bank's shareholders, organized a money laundering scheme using "miscoding." For this purpose, more than 20 controlled companies were created that opened accounts in the bank.
Players of illegal online casinos transferred money to the accounts of these companies to top up their gaming accounts, indicating in the purpose of the payment payment for non-existent goods and services.
Based on the collected evidence, BEB detectives reported suspicions to senior bank officials, including its co-owner, under Part 2 of Article 203-2 (illegal activities in the organization or conduct of gambling, lotteries) and Part 3 of Article 209 (legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Three suspects have been put on the wanted list, and measures are being taken to extradite them to Ukraine for criminal prosecution.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Operational support is provided by employees of the Security Service of Ukraine, and procedural management is provided by prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office.
