09.02.2025 Cybercrimes Money laundering

BES, Prosecutor General’s Office serve Russian business of Kolomoisky, Degryk-Shevtsova. Pressure on the main witness in the case of Ayboks Bank

“Well-known LGBT activist Petro Melnyk is suing the American grant organization USAID over the suspension of funding” – news of this nature suddenly began to appear on Ukraine’s largest telegram channels. “Insider”, “Ukraine.News”, and even “Joker”.

So who is this Melnyk and why are the news about him so actively published in the media?

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Petro Melnyk is the former chairman of the board of Kolomoisky and Degryk-Shevtsova’s Ayboks Bank. According to the Joker, it was Melnyk who was behind the misappropriation of more than UAH 100 million of the bank’s assets, which led to the bank’s bankruptcy. However, there are still a few questions.

As you know, Ayboks Bank was the main link in the system of money laundering by casinos, bookmakers and other representatives of the gambling market. In fact, the bank has become a “vacuum cleaner” for collecting financial flows from various gray areas of the economy – from the already mentioned gambling business to payment for prohibited goods.

Thousands of Aibox terminals worked continuously, collecting money from shadow operations, while Visa and Mastercard processing systems calmly processed transactions.

This activity brought millions in profit to the bank’s shareholders every day. After all, this powerful financial mechanism allowed for uninterrupted operations, covering the shadow business and providing huge profits.

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However, the story of Ayboks Bank is over, and Degryk-Shevtsova had to answer to law enforcement agencies. Non-Stop Ukraine has also repeatedly appealed to law enforcement agencies with materials confirming Shevtsova’s participation in a number of illegal operations. Her role is especially important in attempts to launder money through offshore zones and illegal financing of Russian businesses: casinos, bookmakers, and Parimatch.

Despite this, BES detectives, representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office, and judges of the Lychakiv District Court of Lviv continue to act in Shevtsova’s interests, canceling the search for the woman and, in fact, suspending the proceedings, allowing her not only to avoid punishment but also to continue to “resolve” issues with the law enforcement system.

In particular, on November 5, 2024, Judge Yurii Bilous of the Lychakiv District Court of Lviv overturned the decisions of the detectives of the TU BEB dated 02.05.2024, 14.05.2024 and 27.08.2024 to suspend criminal proceedings No. 72023000500000071 in the case of Shevtsova-Degrik.

This led to the cancellation of the state and interstate search for Shevtsova and the expiration of the maximum pre-trial investigation period.

Moreover, by manipulating the judicial automated system, the case was assigned to this particular judge. Bilous’s decision directly contributed to the inaction in the investigation, which ultimately allowed the defendant to avoid liability.

On January 30, investigating judge of the same court Bilous began the process of canceling Shevtsova’s suspicion, which will lead to the closure of the case and even to the possible recovery of moral damages from the state in her favor.

Therefore, it is quite expected that the woman will demand compensation from the state for “moral suffering,” and the judges will, in turn, satisfy such demands and oblige the state to cover the “moral injuries” at the expense of the budget.

Although our materials on the shadow activities of Parimatch and the withdrawal of funds through Ayboks Bank have been used by a number of law enforcement agencies, including the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, criminal proceedings have already been initiated, for example, under Nº 7202314000500000071. This makes no sense. After all, Shevtsova’s interests are protected from the very top. That is why the question is also for the head of the BES, Perkhun, who helps to hide the billions withdrawn by Dehrik and her business partner Kolomoisky, and continues to lobby for the interests of Russian illegal casinos in Ukraine.

Thus, Melnyk, whose campaigns against him are actively spread by the media, is the main witness in Shevtsova’s case. So, it is not surprising why paid telegram channels are so active in publishing humiliating posts about him. Moreover, immediately after the process of canceling Degryk’s suspicion was launched. Interestingly, law enforcement officers do not react to the real pressure on one of the main witnesses in the case, which once again shows their favoritism to the founder of Ayboks Bank.

By the way, one of the resources of the media campaign against Melnyk was the famous “Joker”. Interestingly, at first, the “Joker” attacked Degryk himself, but after receiving a “fee” he completely changed his rhetoric, deleted compromising posts and switched to discrediting those unwanted by the woman herself: among them were banker Melnyk and former Deputy Prosecutor General Verbytskyi, who acted for the prosecution in the Shevtsova case.

The anonymous “Joker,” hiding behind alleged connections in high places, has no real influence beyond posting on social media. His real power is only our attention. Therefore, we urge you to stop supporting anonymous sources, not to interact with them, and not to leak data to them. And we, in our turn, initiate checks on the Joker by law enforcement agencies. Based on our materials, the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office has already launched an investigation in proceedings No. 42025140000000028 under Part 2 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv ordered the Main Department of the National Police to launch a pre-trial investigation (case No. 757/59058/24-k).

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