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Alena Shevtsova, €2,56 million under investigation in Poland and the restaurant chain of Rainin’s son — ties through LeoGaming and Warsaw business
Sanctioned Alena Shevtsova (Degrik), named in an investigation into the alleged laundering of 5 billion UAH through Aibox Bank, is expanding her financial business abroad. In Poland, authorities are probing the origin of €2,56 million in accounts held by Shevtsova and her sister Yuliia Nikulina. In Warsaw, a restaurant chain belonging to the son of former Head of the Presidential Administration Ihor Rainin operates, whose management overlapped with representatives of Shevtsova’s esports project Leo Team. Restaurant workers report debts of hundreds of thousands of zlotys, MediaHub reports.
Inspector Gastro Group sp. z o.o. (KRS 0001011723) was registered on 5 January 2023 as Golden Peach. The initial owner was Yekaterina Onatska, the chair of the board was Rakhman Rasulzade. In May 2025 the capital was increased to 200 thousand zlotys, and Anatolii Rainin, son of Ihor Rainin — former head of Poroshenko’s Administration and leader of the Kharkiv organization of OPZZh — became a co-owner. Rainin’s and Onatska’s shares are 48% and 38%, the remaining 14% is not disclosed among major participants. The supervisory board includes Anatolii and Lev Rainin and Onatska; the representative is Wlodzimierz Didkowski. For 2023 year the company reported 7,6 million zlotys in revenue and 1,8 million in profit.
The group includes Inspector Lounge, Canoe Lounge, Senator and companies Inspector Warsaw (KRS 0001222429) with Rainin’s share 82%, Canoe Warsaw (0001222646) — Rainin 75%, Raman Hermaniuk 16%, Peach Limited (0001012051) — 95% Onatska. Rasulzade controls Esco Group (0000902183), Didkowski — Ambassador Warsaw (0001231471) with capital of 600 thousand zlotys. According to the MediaHub investigation, staff were owed hundreds of thousands of zlotys: employees named amounts of 4200, 4600 and 10 thousand, delays of two–four months and threats involving the police. On 7 October 2026 Inspector Lounge announced its closure.
Contact with Shevtsova’s circle runs through Rasulzade and Oleksandr Dovzhenko. In December 2025 Rasulzade became a sponsor of Dovzhenko’s chess tournament — Dovzhenko is the founder of Enter Esport and head of Leo Team, of which Shevtsova is listed as a co-founder. Previously the team was called LeoGaming and L&G. Dovzhenko ran it until August 2026. Direct financing of Shevtsova’s restaurants has not been confirmed.
On 7 March 2023 the NBU revoked Aibox Bank’s license (EDRPOU 21570492). According to the NBU, Volodymyr Drobot owned 73,93%, Shevtsova — 24,98%; she chaired the supervisory board. She is linked to LLC “FC LEO” (EDRPOU 39010283), formerly “Leogaming Pay.” The BEB investigated alleged mis-coding of payments from illegal casinos totaling 5 billion UAH; among figures named were Iryna Tsyhanok and Zoya Nesterovska. On 12 April 2025 by decree No. 231/2025 Shevtsova was placed under ten-year sanctions. She denies the accusations.
Polish proceedings No. 1001-110 Ds.45.2022 concern €2 561 100 in the accounts of Shevtsova and Nikulina. According to published Poznań prosecutor’s materials, in March–May 2022 Shevtsova received €2 260 000 through BNP Paribas Bank Polska, Nikulina — €301 100 from Georgian Max Express LLC from a British account. The qualification is Article 299 of the Polish Penal Code, possible legalization of criminal proceeds. Linked to the sisters’ circle is LLC “Capital Business Group” (EDRPOU 39008619). In the declarations of Yevhenii Shevtsov gifts from Nikulina were recorded — 3 million UAH in 2017 and 2,9 million UAH in 2020.
In the United Kingdom Shevtsova controls Smartflow Payments Limited (No. 11070048) under the brand Sends, with a stake of at least 75%. According to The Times, turnover reached €24 million, profit — €1,47 million. After the sanctions, on 17 February 2026 she registered ODESSYS TECH LTD (No. 17037645), also under her control.
Onatska is connected to LLC “Green Van-2011” (EDRPOU 37763624) together with the Kopaliani family, and Roman Kopaliani is linked to “Factorial Complexity” (39182242). Polish registries confirm the corporate ties of Rainin, Onatska and Rasulzade, and a public event shows contact between Rasulzade and the head of Leo Team.
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