In Poland, a suspect was detained in the case of laundering 5 billion hryvnias through IBOX Bank
In Poland, law enforcement agencies detained Iryna Tsyganok, the director of one of the departments of Ibox Bank JSC. She was wanted internationally in the case of the Bureau of Economic Security regarding miscoding in the amount of more than 5 billion hryvnias. About this informs BEB press office.
Iryna Tsyganok and Alyona Shevtsova are suspected of committing crimes under the articles of 5th century 27, ch. 3 Art. 28, ch. 2 Art. 203-2, ch. 5th century 27, ch. 3 Art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The gypsy woman hid from the investigation for a long time, and now the issue of her extradition is being resolved.
BEB detectives established that the suspects, including the bank’s shareholders, created a scheme to legalize the funds of illegal online casinos through the mechanism of miscoding. For this purpose, more than 20 controlled companies were registered, which opened accounts in “Ibox Bank”. Clients of gambling platforms transferred funds to the details of these companies, allegedly as payment for goods or services that did not actually exist, in order to replenish their gaming accounts.
Based on the collected evidence, high-ranking officials of the bank, including the co-owner of the financial institution, were declared suspicious. The materials of the case against Alyona Shevtsova and her two accomplices were separated into a separate criminal proceeding under Art. 203-2 “Illegal activity of organizing or conducting gambling games, lotteries” and Art. 209 “Legalization (laundering) of property obtained through criminal means.” All three were declared wanted.
Due to the fact that the suspects were hiding outside of Ukraine, the Lychakiv District Court of Lviv allowed a special pre-trial investigation to begin. The investigation has now been completed, and the case materials have been opened for perusal by the defense. After that, the indictment will be sent to the court.
As part of international cooperation, the Polish competent authorities informed the Ukrainian side about the detention of one of the suspects, Iryna Tsyganok. The search for other persons involved in the case is ongoing. According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime until his guilt is proven in a legal manner and confirmed by a court verdict.
