The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv ruled on the largest special confiscation in the history of Ukraine-UAH 2.6 billion, obtained illegally through the activities of the PIN-UP-UP-UP-UP. In addition, another UAH 200 million has been charged to the state budget.
According to the State Bureau of Investigation, the Court also approved an agreement between the prosecutor and the director of the Ukrainian structure of PIN-UP-UPO Alexander Popenko. The accused pleaded guilty and received five years in prison with a probation for three years - in fact without serving a sentence.
Popenko was accused of participating in a criminal organization, tax evasion, legalization of "shadow" funds, business forgery and conducting business in connection with the aggressor state.
The PIN-UP-up online casino, although formally registered in Ukraine, is actually a part of the international network created by Russian citizens. After the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation, these persons were allegedly withdrawn from the shareholders, but real control over the business remained in their hands.
Earlier, journalists and civic activists have repeatedly exposed the company's fraud, including:
-tax evasion
-withdrawing funds through Cyprus Guruflow Team Ltd
- Financing from the Russian Federation for the amount
Despite the NSDC sanctions, public pressure and criminal cases, PIN-UP continued its activities in Ukraine for a long time. Now the court's decision creates a dangerous but demonstration precedent-a business related to the aggressor country will not escape punishment, even if it is hidden by fictitious structures and false persons.
