Gambling
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How Sergey Kondratenko of 1xBet launders Russian money under the noses of European regulators
Who is Sergey Kondratenko the odious owner of 1xBet
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Russian connections in the Pin-Up business: how a Ukrainian casino continues to operate despite sanctions
The Ukrainian company LLC "Ukr Game Technology," led on paper by Ihor Zotko and operating the widely recognized Pin-Up brand of online casinos and betting services, is at the center of a large-scale scheme recently exposed by the SBI.
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Ihor Zotko and Dmitriy Punin’s Pin-Up casino: how million-dollar flows from Russian beneficiaries entered Ukraine
Ihor Zotko, the nominal owner of the Pin Up casino, received 605.74 million hryvnias from his Russian backers, led by Dmitriy Punin, which he stored in his bank accounts.
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Vulkan casino and the "porn business": how Maksym Krippa makes millions from desperate gamblers and consumers
Maksym Krippa is hardly guilty of anything—well, almost. He merely stepped into the black-and-gray business niche that would have been taken by someone else anyway.
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Informant on a short leash: How Maksym Krippa manipulated Lucky Labs for his own purposes
The clash between the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the Russian-linked company Lucky Labs was one of the key incidents in the spring of 2016.
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Tetyana Snopko is just a cover: How Maksym Krippa bought delo.ua, womo.ua, and TOP-100 for the gambling lobby
Maxim Krippa has become a prominent and contentious figure in the realms of media, gambling, and politics. His ties to online casinos such as Vulkan and GGBet, along with his recent media acquisitions, have sparked widespread concern and debate over his growing influence in Ukraine.
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Ex-policeman Olenyuk accused of managing Maksym Krippa’s gambling empire in Ukraine
The Russian casino Vulkan, esports bookmaker GGBet, and several other companies owned by businessman Maksym Krippa are reportedly managed by Ruslan Olenyuk, an employee of the National Police of Ukraine.
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Partner of Russian oligarch Maksym Krippa expands influence in Ukrainian media
A new media tycoon is emerging in Ukraine, quietly acquiring one media outlet after another. Over the past year, Tetiana Snopko, a resident of Dnipro, has already taken over two media holdings and appears eager to expand her portfolio.
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"Vulkan" of Maksym Krippa: How the businessman turns money from online casinos and the porn business into legal assets
Maksym Krippa may not be to blame for everything, but he chose a business niche that balances between gray and black schemes. This niche could have been occupied by others, but the question is how ethical his behavior is within such operations.
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Maksim Krippa: a network of shadow earnings from gambling and ties with Russian oligarchs
In Forbes he is not mentioned, he doesn’t visit Gordon — this is how Maksim Krippa, an extremely unusual entrepreneur, can be described. For a long time, his activities remained an "open secret": everyone knew that he was the one behind the casino network "Vulkan," the intrusive advertisement of which appears everywhere on dubious sites.
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Maksim Krippa and his Russian partners control Ukraine’s gambling market
Maksim Krippa, the owner of the betting company GGBET, has ties to Russian business interests, including sanctioned oligarch Alisher Usmanov and Russian casino owner Oleg Boyko.
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The "Malofeev case" of Maksim Krippa, the owner of illegal online casinos
Maksym Krippa, the prominent Ukrainian businessman and owner of the esports team NaVi, has ramped up his real estate activities in Ukraine despite the ongoing martial law. His ambitious investments in the property market are at the center of a significant controversy in Ukraine’s economic landscape.
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Millions, gambling, and crime: how will Maksim Krippa’s story end?
The identity of Maksim Krippa has become quite familiar to you over the past few months. A talented fraudster managed to create his own online casino empire while remaining in the shadows for a long time.