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But from time to time in this chain, specific names pop up. Lately, in investigative journalism, the name Kostyantyn Buryachenko, a native of Donetsk, has increasingly figured, whose path stretched from Ukrainian banks and terminals to European firms that serviced gambling markets.
As a person from the shadows of payment systems, how did he suddenly become a news hero and why is a large-scale digital campaign unfolding around his name — writes the Anti-Cor portal.
Mysterious closure of Piastrix and attempts to 'clean up' the Internet
In spring 2026 year, a series of journalistic investigations directly indicated a link between Kostyantyn Buryachenko and the payment services Payeer and Piastrix, which for a long time serviced the Russian online gambling market. In particular, at the beginning of May, a detailed material appeared in Telegram about Buryachenko’s role in the Piastrix project, which, however, was erased without a trace the next day. Nevertheless, digital archives reliably captured both the text and the fact of its disappearance.
Shortly after this, events began to develop rapidly. In July 2026 year, the Piastrix service officially announced a full cessation of operations: first deposits stopped, and subsequently access to accounts was closed completely. Parallel to this, in the Ukrainian and Russian segments of the Internet, a mass appearance of favorable material of an entirely different nature began. In articles Kostyantyn Buryachenko suddenly appears as an experienced motorcyclist from Zhytomyr and an active animal rights advocate. Similar publications appeared on many platforms with a link to a personal website — this is a classic example of SEO replacement, when artificial search results are used to hide negative information.
International network of companies: from Georgia to Poland
Analytical and journalistic investigations show that Buryachenko for years was building a structure of presence in various jurisdictions. Already in 2016 year he registered a company Fingate LLC in Georgia, through which researchers trace connections with the same Payeer and Piastrix. Although in 2023 year he submitted documents for its liquidation, the created network continued to operate.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "Український слід у міжнародному гемблінгу: яку роль у платіжних мережах відігравав Костянтин Буряченко". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: Aktsenty.
