ARMA handed oligarch Zhevago’s Pechersk business center to people from Mindich’s orbit and to sanctioned iBox Bank owner Shevtsova

ARMA handed oligarch Zhevago’s Pechersk business center to people from Mindich’s orbit and to sanctioned iBox Bank owner Shevtsova

The Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) appointed a manager for the seized property complex at Ivana Pavla II Street, 4/6 in Kyiv — a business center linked to sanctioned oligarch Kostyantyn Zhevago. The winner of the tender was the company LLC “Envil,” founded by Volodymyr Drobot.

As blogger Volodymyr Bondarenko writes, Drobot is a co-owner of iBox Bank together with Ihor Khmelov. The bank has been in liquidation since 2023 by decision of the NBU — the regulator found that it helped certain gambling-market participants evade tens of billions hryvnias in taxes. In addition, iBox Bank handled processing for the iBox payment network, which, according to investigations, was controlled by Tymur Mindich.

Khmelov himself (known in investigation materials as “Shmel”) appears together with Mindich in a number of joint companies, including Tanden Group, Eventus Management, Atlet Bud, Brand Style, and TIM&TIM s.r.o. (Slovakia). According to available information, business for Mindich’s wife was also registered through Khmelov.

Another key figure in this circle is Alona Shevtsova (Dehrik), Drobot’s and Khmelov’s partner in the bank, who is under sanctions in connection with the LeoGaming money-laundering case.

As a result, ARMA transferred management of one of the largest business centers in downtown Kyiv to a structure linked to figures involved in gambling, banking, and sanctions scandals. That circle of people will now control Zhevago’s sanctioned property in Pechersk.