Sanctioned Alyona Shevtsova, a figure in the case of laundering 5 billion UAH, has become a co-owner of new companies in the UK and Poland.

Despite the sanctions imposed by the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine and a criminal case for “miscoding” and laundering 5 billion UAH for illegal online casinos, Alyona Shevtsova’s business activity has not ceased—it has simply moved abroad.

According to open registries, Shevtsova, together with Iryna Tsyhanok and Zoya Nesterovska, has become a co-founder of several new foreign companies, including Nzova Limited Ltd, Macro Compliance, Smartflow Payments, LEOCONTE, IRYSAN, and others.

Some of these companies were re-registered immediately after the president imposed 10-year sanctions on Shevtsova, which include asset freezing and a ban on economic activity in Ukraine.

Participation in such companies may be a tool to circumvent sanctions.

What about the “miscoding” case?

The Bureau of Economic Security has completed a special investigation regarding Shevtsova, Tsyhanok, and Nesterovska.
– Shevtsova and Nesterovska are hiding abroad and have been declared wanted.
– Tsyhanok has been detained in Poland.
– Employees and managers of Ibox Bank structures are also implicated in the case.

The group organized a scheme to legalize funds through manipulation of payment codes, which allowed them to “launder” approximately 5 billion UAH for illegal casinos.

Court proceedings

The case had already been transferred to court, but the first instance court closed it due to allegedly missed investigation deadlines. The Kyiv Court of Appeal upheld this decision.

The Office of the Prosecutor General is appealing the closure in the Cassation Criminal Court—the case is being reviewed by Judge Natalia Bilyk.