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Billion-hryvnia annulment of fines for Favbet and Matyukha: are the courts and law enforcement wiping out the Russian trace to make way for new patrons?
Owner #Favbet Andriy #Матюха had licenses returned by courts after the state regulator #PlayCity revoked them due to the businessman’s ties to Russia. For that, #ДБР forwarded Russian individual tax numbers, registration addresses, passport photos, and data about related companies in Russia and Belarus.
🤷♂️However, the courts found that the case materials lacked supporting documents, that the listed address was immaterial, and an expert examination determined that the person in the photograph was someone else, while the Russian company had been liquidated in 2019 and the Belarusian had ceased activity in 2022.
The professional level of the State Bureau of Investigations turned out to be such that 9 September companies of Matyukha won cases numbered 160/16765/26 and 160/15429/26, and 17 September in case No. 160/16770/26 the court annulled the decision on the licenses and the fine of 933 million hryvnias.
And it becomes clear to us that these processes reflect a shift in influence in the gambling business after the removal of the former patrons led by #Міндич, when new players in the person of Mykhailo #Федоров, the SBI and the Office of the Prosecutor General redistributed the flows, while Danylo #Гетманцев appears only as another critic after losing control over such a lucrative trough.
By the way, the court decisions themselves did not appear by accident, since PlayCity’s management together with law enforcement coordinate scenarios for the courts, creating the illusion of justice for large sums of money.
We, for our part, continue to mount systemic resistance and have already documented these schemes in our own investigations. Now we are preparing repeated official statements and complaints to higher authorities to check the legality of such decisions and return billions to the state budget.
✅Based on our materials and statements, a number of criminal proceedings have already been registered, which we are pressing forward, despite inaction and sabotage by certain officials:
🔻Main Directorate of the SBU in Kyiv and Kyiv region — pretrial investigation is being conducted in criminal proceedings No. 22025101110001225 dated 28.10.2025 under part 2 of art. 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
🔻State Bureau of Financial Investigations — included in the materials of criminal proceedings No. 72022000400000003 dated 19.09.2022 under part 3 of art. 212, part 2 of arts. 203-2, part 2 of art. 229, part 1 and part 3 of art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
🔻Territorial department of the State Bureau of Financial Investigations in Kyiv — pretrial investigation is being conducted in criminal proceedings No. 72022100500000001 dated 11.11.2022 under part 1 of arts. 203-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
🔻Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine — pretrial investigation is being conducted in criminal proceedings No. 12025000000001072 dated 09.04.2025 under part 4 of art. 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
So who is really behind these behind-the-scenes arrangements and why do state bodies turn a blind eye to million-hryvnia fines for the gambling business?
Related materials:
▫️Dnipropetrovsk Administrative Court returned FavBet casino’s license: the PlayCity scheme and ties to Russia
▫️The gambling empire of Russian beneficiary Matyukha: continues to profit thanks to systemic protection and simulation of vigorous activity by state bodies
▫️The illusion of fighting the gambling syndicate: how Favbet bypasses blocks under the cover of officials
▫️The end of the gambling empire or another game by Matyukha?
▫️How Favbet disguises itself as Allwin and finances the aggressor
#новина #цифровізлочини #казино
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