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The Ministry of Finance distances itself from oversight of Cosmolot: who is covering the financial flows of the gambling business connected to the Russian Federation?
Today we want to share details of the activities of the online casinos #Cosmolot and #Cosmobet, the movement of funds, tax evasion, and the use of foreign companies to conduct financial operations. It was precisely to verify these matters that we filed a corresponding complaint with a number of agencies.
Special attention is drawn to the response of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine to our complaint. The agency confirmed that #Мінфін carries out state regulation and supervision of compliance with financial monitoring requirements by entities conducting gambling. 🤷♂️ At the same time, in that same response the Ministry of Finance stated that the issues raised do not fall within its competence.
Absurd: in effect the Ministry of Finance acknowledges that it has powers over financial monitoring of the gambling business, but at the same time asserts that our appeal did not present circumstances indicating a violation of the relevant legislation. Yet in our complaint we raised issues about possible miscoding of payments, movement of funds in favor of foreign structures, royalty payments, the accuracy of tax accounting, and identification of the ultimate recipients of the financial flows.
👇 The natural question arises: if the Ministry of Finance is responsible for supervision in the area of financial monitoring of the gambling business, why did these circumstances not become grounds for a substantive inspection within its powers? Instead of a concrete assessment of the described financial mechanisms, the agency limited itself to referring to the competence of the Agency “#ПлейСіті” on matters of licensing and state control over the organization of gambling.
Yes, the financial statements of LLC SPEYSIX, associated with the Cosmolot brand, and LLC #НЕЙРОЛІНК, which operates under the Cosmobet brand, contain many details that should have attracted attention, namely a sharp reduction in declared revenues of the first company: from 27,95 billion UAH in 2023 to 42,8 million UAH in 2025. At the same time another operator, Cosmobet, appeared on the market, and a technological link between the respective structures can be traced through the company XGen Solutions LTD.
No less important is the issue of tax control. We provided information about possible violations in recording player payouts, taxation of revenues, and transfers of funds to foreign companies. In particular, we mentioned previously published information from the State Bureau of Economic Security about nonpayment of approximately 1,1 billion UAH in taxes and military levy in proceedings concerning the online casino operator.
‼️ A separate direction is the movement of funds and possible links to the aggressor state. We raised the question concerning Serhiy #Токарев, who is in fact a citizen of the Russian Federation. Therefore our question remains unanswered: will real control be ensured over the financial flows of the gambling business, regarding which questions have been raised about possible links with Russia, or will responsibility continue to be distributed among various agencies, leaving key circumstances without a full investigation?
We continue to monitor Cosmolot’s activities and believe that all involved persons should bear responsibility regardless of their positions, connections, or status. State control must work not merely on paper but provide real verification of financial flows and respond to identified violations.
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