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Maksym Sihalov, also known as “Narkomaks,” is trying to scale up his illegal business together with the owner of the Russian Pin-Up, Punin, and the Servant of the People deputy Prymakov
The owner of the company "Diamond Pay," Maksym Sihalov (his brother owns a casino in the Russian Federation) met on the French Riviera with the owner of the Russian casino Pin-Up, Dmytro Punin, and the deputy from Dnipro Kamil Prymakov, who is called the “Gel deputy.” During a party at the French restaurant La Guerite, the “businessmen” discussed how to expand influence over illegal gambling in Ukraine and restore Sihalov’s schemes to legalize funds from gambling.
After law enforcement investigated Diamond Pay, Maksym Sihalov fled abroad, but that has not stopped him from continuing the business and seeking new partners—specifically, in the person of the sanctioned Russian Dmytro Punin.
In the video Punin, Sihalov, and Prymakov are chatting amicably at the same banquet table, the cost of which reaches 20 thousand euros. For example, Monroe Beluga caviar costs 1600 euros for 100 g, and a bottle of champagne ranges from 500 to 1500 euros.
This meeting was about scaling up the operation of Russian online casinos in Ukraine and Sihalov’s business. It involved concealing financial transactions using p2p payments. This is the scheme he uses to service illegal online gambling in Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The approximate volume of such transactions over just 2 years reached 238 billion hryvnias.
Sihalov’s companies and his partner Rasim Tagiyev help launder proceeds from illegal casinos. Moreover, the head of Diamond Pay—a Russian citizen, Irakli Djikia—previously filed trademark applications related to scandalous gambling brands that did not leave Russia.
However, Sihalov’s ties to Moscow are linked not only by business and partners but also by family connections—his brother, owner of the Inbet casino, lives there. Overall, in recent years at least 275 billion hryvnias have passed through Sihalov’s and Tagiyev’s infrastructure, most of which is connected specifically to illegal casinos in Russia.
In particular, according to the State Bureau of Economic Security, LLC "E-Pay," which also belongs to him, understated revenues by 21,8 billion hryvnias in just 2 years, resulting in unpaid profit tax of 3,9 billion hryvnias. More than 1 billion hryvnias also passed through Diamond Pay. The investigation considers Sihalov the organizer of these criminal schemes.
The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv seized his property in criminal proceeding No. 72022000400000003 under part 3 of article 212 (evasion of tax payment on an especially large scale), part 2 of article 203-2 (illegal organization of gambling), part 2 of article 229 (illegal use of trademarks), and part 1 of article 209 (legalization of property obtained by criminal means) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Sihalov managed to avoid punishment. He now lives with his family in Marbella, Spain. His luxury Rolls-Royce Spectre (2025) has been recorded there more than once. Sihalov also owns a Range Rover, and his wife uses a Mercedes Brabus worth $450 thousand. Unlike “Narkomaks,” his main partner, Rasim Tagiyev, does not have legal entities but owns a significant amount of real estate in the capital—at least three apartments in Kyiv.
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