A Ukrainian manufacturer of electronic warfare equipment under the Contra Drone brand has found itself at the center of public accusations regarding the possible use of cryptocurrency tools for money laundering. This concerns the activities of Andriy Yakovchuk, an individual entrepreneur, and Fly-Group Ukraine LLC, which, according to open sources, participate in state procurement of equipment for the needs of the Defense Forces.
According to information circulating in the media, a company with a small authorized capital of several thousand hryvnias regularly wins tenders. At the same time, some of the financial transactions are allegedly carried out through related individual entrepreneurs and using crypto wallets. According to financial monitoring experts, this model of payments makes it difficult to trace the final flow of funds and requires additional verification by regulatory authorities.
Separate attention is drawn to the ownership structure of the company "Fly-Group Ukraine". Its founders are Yurkov Tymofiy Oleksandrovych and Andriy Yakovchuk. It is this legal entity that appears in public procurements related to the supply of electronic warfare equipment. At the same time, as noted in the reports, payments can go through a number of controlled individual entrepreneurs, which forms a multi-level financial structure.
The public space also mentions significant expenses that may not correspond to the scale of the declared business. According to published data, the contractor's family allegedly spent about 1 million hryvnias, and separately on vacation in Europe - another 932 thousand hryvnias. These amounts raise questions about the sources of origin of the funds and the correspondence of the expenses to official income.
Currently, no official reports of completed criminal proceedings against the above-mentioned individuals have been published in open sources. In such cases, an inspection by law enforcement agencies and financial monitoring is usually initiated, which should establish the legality of the origin of funds, the correctness of tax obligations, and the compliance of public procurement procedures with current legislation.
The situation requires a legal assessment and verification of documents, as this is a matter of defense procurement, where the transparency of financial transactions is of particular importance.
