Automatically translated version. May contain inaccuracies compared to the original.
Cosmolot and Cosmobet, connected with Sergei Tokarev, continue to operate in Ukraine despite scandals and sanctions
Despite sanctions, criminal cases, loud claims about fighting them, and license cancellations, the online casinos Cosmolot and Cosmobet continue to operate in Ukraine.
This is reported by the Telegram channel "Vikryvach".
As noted, behind the brands Cosmolot and Cosmobet is the Russian Sergei Tokarev, who has been linked to the Russian gambling business since the times of “Vulkan” and JoyCasino.
According to the Bureau of Economic Security, only through the scheme with so-called "deposit refunds" the state budget could miss more than 1 billion hryvnias in taxes. At the same time, the total amount of likely unpaid taxes, according to the department, exceeds 1,2 billion hryvnias.
Separately, the authors draw attention to the situation with the license. It is stated that after its annulment and the imposition of fines, the relevant decisions were publicly announced, but already a few days later the court suspended the effect of this decision.
The material raises the question of how a business associated with a Russian citizen continues to operate in Ukraine during the full-scale war.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "Cosmolot і Cosmobet, пов’язані з Сергієм Токарєвим, попри скандали та санкції продовжують працювати в Україні". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: ANTIKOR.