While crypto startups promise “digital freedom” and earnings from one’s own data, behind the facade of DeHealth hide companies facing dozens of criminal charges — ranging from tax evasion to fictitious entrepreneurship and bankruptcies. People are offered the chance to sell their medical information for cryptocurrency that lacks real value, while the fund’s officials possess solid experience in fraudulent schemes. Following a series of investigations, traces are being actively erased, and proceedings are being “buried.”

We are publishing this material in full — to serve as a reminder of exactly how a modern crypto pyramid operates and who stands behind it.

It seems that financial pyramids have existed since at least two people appeared in the world. Every year, the volume of criminal schemes not only grows but is constantly being improved. Since the beginning of global digitalization, pyramids have massively gone online. Concepts such as «scam» (theft of financial data on the network), «infogypsy» (imposing trainings, seminars, goods for crazy money), and others have appeared.

The DeHealth startup has combined several types of modern schemes at once. At the same time, as our correspondents managed to establish, there is a long criminal trail behind the people connected with the company. Judging by the extracts from criminal proceedings, there is nothing new there. All the same crimes as old as the world: tax evasion, money laundering, official forgery, and others.

How the DeHealth scheme works and who of the main pyramid players is under the close eye of the investigation — in the material of «Anticor».

Medical data in cryptocurrency

What is DeHealth? — probably, this question will be the first to arise among our readers. Officially, the company is a unique startup whose activities are aimed at collecting data on the health status of patients for further improvement of disease detection and their treatment. At first glance, everything looks very innovative and useful, but is everything really like that?

The official DeHealth website is available only in English, and this is despite the fact that the organization was founded by Ukrainians who position themselves as patriots of our state. From the DeHealth website, it becomes clear that you can share your medical indicators with the service on anonymous terms. All medical confidentiality is encrypted by artificial intelligence and cannot be available to third parties. The most interesting thing is that users who agree to provide their medical data are also promised payment in the form of the service’s cryptocurrency.

Screenshot of the DeHealth website 

So far, everything looks more than interesting. The company has indicated not only international organizations but also the Ministry of Health of Ukraine among its partners.

We decided to check whether the Ukrainian state body really signed agreements with the cryptocurrency service.

There is no confirmation of the platform’s work with the Ministry of Health. On the Ministry’s website, there is news about the signing of a memorandum of cooperation with the information system «iHealth», not «DeHealth».

Screenshot of the Ministry of Health website

Therefore, we tend to believe that the mention of state authorities on the company’s website exists only to increase the weight of the platform.

Also, as follows from the register of medical institutions connected to the central database system of the electronic health care system, «DeHealth» does not participate in this project either. All this indicates that the company has only a «virtual» relation to the health care system of Ukraine.

Let’s return to the most interesting thing — money. As the developers of «DeHealth» claim, for registration and transfer of their personal data, users can receive DHLT cryptocurrency. We did not find this currency on exchanges, and this signals that it is completely unknown to the world of digital assets.

Information about DHLT cryptocurrency on the Kuna exchange

On the specialized Coinmarket service, we still managed to find the «DeHealth» coin. It costs as much as 0.00055 US dollars (about 2 kopecks). In the best times (at the moment of its creation), DHLT was worth 3 cents, but over the past year, the cryptocurrency has been constantly falling in price. We turned to experts on digital assets, who unequivocally assured us that this is a typical path of unknown coins on the crypto market — most likely, a collapse will follow.

Value of the DHLT coin (information from the Coinmarket service)

As evidenced by the data of the specialized service, a total of one billion such coins have been created. Their total value is 495 thousand US dollars. At the same time, the company has not guaranteed its asset with its own funds, therefore, no person who has cryptocurrency will receive anything in case of its total fall.

Information on the capitalization of the DHLT coin

That is, the service promises users who have risked sharing their personal data on anonymous terms a digital asset that is worth nothing.

Criminal trail of the organizers  

The main actors in «DeHealth» are Anna Bondarenko and Denys Tsvayh (former surname — Tsvayhov). Although according to official data, since 2021 Tsvayhov (Tsvayh) has no relation to the company, back in April of this year he was positioned as «CEO» (general director of the enterprise). 

Anna Bondarenko with Denys Tsvayhov

According to the register of legal entities, the main activity of “DeHealth” is medical institutions and medical practice. Although, if you familiarize yourself with the information from the website, the enterprise acts as a database and a financial company. There is an obvious violation, since a digital asset is also a kind of financial activity, but for some reason it was decided not to declare it. As noted by the OpenDataBot service, the VAT payer certificate of “DeHealth” has been canceled, and the company itself is registered at a mass registration location.

This suggests that the «successful medical startup» is not so successful. Anna Bondarenko herself, who claims to be a crypto investor, has not always been a specialist in the field of modern assets.

During her life, Bondarenko as an individual entrepreneur provided services to a beauty salon, sold food products, tobacco products, and clothing. Currently, her textile retail business continues to operate, all other individual entrepreneurs have been liquidated.

Also, Bondarenko together with her husband is the founder of LLC «PALSON KIFOT». The authorized capital of the enterprise is 100 hryvnias, and judging by the financial data, it does not carry out activities. «PALSON KIFOT» is a clothing brand registered to Bondarenko. The last mention of it in public sources dates back to 2018, when the last publications on the company’s Instagram were published.

Screenshot of the Instagram of «PALSON KIFOT»

Another legal entity owned by Bondarenko is the charitable organization «DeHealth». It is also difficult to say anything about the fund’s activities, because it has not submitted financial reports, and it has no social networks or website.

However, having checked the information about the officials of the charitable organization «DeHealth Fund», we found one very interesting piece of information. In February 2023, Dmytro Alperin was elected head of the legal entity. Alperin is a serious businessman, judging by the companies registered to him. He is the owner of 4 enterprises. In the best times, the assets of the companies reached up to a billion hryvnias, but since 2020, the most successful company of Alperin «Il-Sole» has started the bankruptcy process. This happened against the background of the initiated criminal proceedings, which are still under investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

«Il-Sole» and a number of firms founded by Dmytro Alperin were suspected of a whole bouquet of criminal actions, including tax evasion, official forgery, bribery, financing of terrorism, legalization of proceeds from crime, etc. Based on these facts, criminal proceedings were initiated, entered into the ERSR under No. 22020000000000032 dated 26.02.2020 on the grounds of criminal offenses provided for in Part 2 of Art. 364, Part 2 of Art. 364, Part 3 of Art. 258-5, Part 2 of Art. 364, Part 3 of Art. 212, Part 3 of Art. 209, Part 2 of Art. 361, Part 2 of Art. 205-1, Part 2 of Art. 362 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. As the investigation established, a group of persons by prior conspiracy, with the aim of evading taxes and legalizing income, created huge conversion centers through dozens of fictitious firms. These companies were registered to people in difficult financial situations, who were found through the Internet.

Extract from criminal proceedings No. 22020000000000032

In September 2021, something amazing happened — the serious proceedings, in which dozens of criminals could have been arrested and hundreds of millions of hryvnias returned to the state, suddenly fell silent. Despite the fact that no procedural decision was made (that is, the proceedings were not closed), all investigative actions were stopped. Why? — a rhetorical question.

Understanding that on the one hand responsibility can be avoided, and on the other — it is no longer possible to continue the scheme, the companies that participated in illegal actions began to go bankrupt. As a result, the schemers earned twice: first on criminal manipulations, and then on withdrawing funds from bankrupt enterprises.

A similar situation was with the financial company «Avisto», founded by another firm — LLC «Allasio», the ultimate beneficiary of which was Alperin. «Avisto» was involved in criminal proceedings on tax evasion on an especially large scale, entered into the ERSR under No. 32021111000000004 on the grounds of offenses punishable under Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. In this case, tax officials established what can already be called classic for Alperin’s business — possible tax evasion by forging documents and using fictitious persons. As confirmed in court, the administration of the tax activities of FC «Avisto» was carried out by the company «Bankruptcy Laboratory», which probably helped other enterprises submit fictitious reports to the tax office.

Extract from criminal proceedings No. 32021111000000004

Surprisingly, this criminal proceeding was also «buried» in the second half of 2021.

Despite the fact that Alperin’s companies in their best times were worth about 40 million dollars, no information about the multimillionaire entrepreneur could be found. Perhaps he is just another figurehead in the story related to «DeHealth».

Business at your own risk

What do we have as a result? «DeHealth» offers people to sell their data for a digital asset — cryptocurrency that is worth nothing and is unlikely to ever become more valuable. In return, users are promised complete confidentiality of their medical information. But can a company that officially has no right to operate on the financial market promise people to maintain the confidentiality of information about their health? Unlikely.

Overall, all this resembles simple fraud: people are promised money for information, but in fact clients receive ordinary «wrappers». How «DeHealth» then disposes of confidential data is an open question. It is possible that user databases of the services are then resold for further use in the dark.

Moreover, the officials of the «DeHealth» fund have significant experience in crime. Therefore, it is possible that this entire interconnection is not accidental.