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BitCapital extortionists — the case is ongoing, the racketeering continues
Holosiivskyi Police Department of Kyiv is handling criminal case No. 12024100010003390 dated 22 November 2024 (part 4 of Art. 189, part 3 of Art. 355 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)
The investigation says that no later than October 2023 the director of LLC “FC Ye Hroshi Kom” together with another person assembled an organized criminal group. The formal creditor was not a Ukrainian MFI but two British entities: Golden Interest Group Limited and Social Finance Care and Wellbeing Investments LLP. The website — BitCapital.
Loans were allegedly in crypto, collections were by calls and messengers with threats of violence, destruction of property, and “closing” relatives’ debts. The prosecution says the money went to crypto wallets and controlled accounts. Over the period named in the motion, the group allegedly demanded 5,33 million UAH.
Two organizers recruited people, rented offices, bought phones and computers, and held debtors’ personal data. One participant is listed as a “team lead”: calls, letters, supervising changes. At least six more are named as active operatives; the rest have not yet been identified by investigators. According to this version, the group has been operating since autumn 2023 and continues to do so.
FC “Ye Hroshi Kom” (43067861) is a Dnipro-based financial company, registered in 2019. Public dossiers list beneficiaries Dmytro Shevchuk and Vyacheslav Mishalov; management changed (extracts show Iryna Yanovska, previously other surnames).
Peak-year revenue was measured in billions of hryvnias. This is a licensed microcredit company, not a “British crypto service.” Nearby is a separate legal entity LLC “FC Ye Hroshi” (43509084) at the same 51D Shevchenka Street: different code, different KVED, NBU fines already in 2025. In the motion the prosecutor tied the organizer specifically to “Ye Hroshi Kom” as director.
Golden Interest Group Limited is a British company, registered on 12 October 2023, status active; its office later reverted to a standard default address in Cardiff. SIC codes — software, IT consulting, office administration, not a credit license. Director and controller in the public profile — Yurii Sydorenko, citizen of Ukraine, 1998, residing in Ukraine.
This firm was identified by the National Bank in February 2025 as the legal entity behind the BitCapital service: more than 700 complaints, loans formally in USDT but effectively in hryvnia, rates and fines outside Ukrainian law. The British regulator FCA in October 2025 separately warned about Bit Capital / bitcapital gold / bitcapital online as an unauthorized firm.
Social Finance Care and Wellbeing Investments LLP (No. OC400177) is a British structure. The LLP was established on 3 June 2015, with an office through Social Finance Limited in London. Members — Social Finance Limited, Social Finance Investment Management Limited, Better Society Capital, Macmillan Cancer Support. It is social investment in health and care, not microloans. In 2026 the LLP has status active — proposal to strike off: they filed for removal from the register.
Journalistic investigations and NBU materials wrote that after the regulator’s decision BitCapital “changed” its signboard to this name. It does not follow that Macmillan or Social Finance issued loans to Ukrainians. A more likely scenario is using another organization’s trade name.
BitCapital as a brand. No NBU license. The website marketed “crypto loans” in USDT. The regulator explicitly said: these are hryvnia loans without supervision. Complaints concern daily interest rates, “ceiling” fines, and aggressive collections not only from borrowers but from relatives. According to the prosecutor’s text, money was collected with threats and converted into crypto.
The investigation ties together three layers: the Ukrainian office and staff (in the motion — via the director of “Ye Hroshi Kom”), the British “shell” Golden Interest Group linked to Sydorenko and a reputable LLP as a second label, plus an unlicensed website. Meanwhile the network continues to operate.
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