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Liquidated AiBox Bank: Shevtsova and two managers of the bank are accused of laundering billions through online gambling
1 In July, the Goloseevsky District Court received an indictment against the co-owner of the liquidated AiBox Bank, Alona Shevtsova, and two managers of the same bank — Irina Tsyganok and Zoe Nesterovskaya.
This was reported by 'Judicial Reporter'.
Shevtsova is accused of organizing and conducting illegal online gambling and laundering proceeds of illicit origin. The bank managers are regarded as accomplices.
The criminal case was investigated by the Bureau of Economic Security after the National Bank found that AiBox Bank serviced accounts of more than 20 companies controlled by Shevtsova, into which funds from online gambling were deposited.
Players of illegal online casinos transferred money to the requisites of the mentioned companies to top up their gaming accounts. At the same time, the payment purpose stated payment for non-existent goods and services. According to law enforcement estimates, this scheme allowed laundering about 4,8 billion UAH for illegal casinos.
As a result of covert investigative actions, the defendants' communications were recorded regarding servicing the companies' bank accounts and working of gambling sites. In one of the conversations, a manager reports to Shevtsova about problems at the gaming sites and later, under her instruction, takes measures to address these problems.
7 March 2023 year, the National Bank liquidated AiBox Bank. And the next day Shevtsova left for abroad through the Yagodin checkpoint and did not return. 9 March, the bank managers of Shevtsova left as well. All three were put on the wanted list. Official suspicions were announced in July 2023 year. According to media reports, Shevtsova allegedly left for the United Arab Emirates.
30 April 2025 year, the BBEU reported the arrest in Poland of AiBox Bank manager Irina Tsyganok and the start of the extradition proceedings.
Search for the accused
Alona Shevtsova is the wife of the former deputy head of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police. In 2018 year, Shevtsova participated in a contest for the position of head of the State Bureau of Investigation. Then media published photos of a car, luxurious apartments and a suburban house of the police officer and his wife, as well as photos of a restaurant in central Kyiv — Touch Cafe and the restaurant-club 'Golden Fleece' in Odesa. Because of journalistic publications, Shevtsova was not appointed head of the DBR.
In 2020 year, BIHUS.info also published an investigation devoted to Alona Shevtsova's real estate.
In April 2025 year, the National Security and Defense Council imposed economic sanctions on Alona Shevtsova. The entrepreneur on Facebook called this an attack on her business by corrupt officials. She claims she has a personal conflict with the former head of the Main Directorate for Counterintelligence Protection of State Interests in the Sphere of Economic Security of the SBU, Artem Shil, the former deputy attorney general Dmytro Verbytsky, and the head of the BDEB detectives Oleksandr Tkachuk.
Shevtsova reported that her husband has been participating in hostilities since the beginning of the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation, and she provided funds to the army, purchased armored vehicles for the military, etc.
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