According to the materials of the Bureau of Economic Security, precautionary measures were taken against two department heads of Ibox Bank JSC, which "laundered" more than 5 billion hryvnias for illegal casinos.
The court decided to detain the suspects.
The investigation established that the suspects, together with the bank's shareholders, organized a scheme to legalize funds using "miscoding". For this purpose, more than 20 controlled companies were created, which opened bank accounts.
Players of illegal online casinos transferred money to the accounts of these companies to top up their game accounts, specifying in the payment destination payment for non-existent goods and services.
Based on the collected evidence, the BEB detectives informed high-ranking officials of the bank, including its co-owner, about the suspicion under part 2 of Art. 203-2 (illegal activity of organizing or conducting gambling games, lotteries) and Part 3 of Art. 209 (legalization (laundering) of proceeds obtained through crime) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Three suspects have been declared wanted, and measures are being taken to extradite them to Ukraine for criminal prosecution.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Operational support is carried out by employees of the Security Service of Ukraine, and procedural management by prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office.
