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In April 2025 year, the President of Ukraine approved sanctions for ten years against the former owner of the bank Aybox, Alyona Shevtsova. The restrictions include asset freezing, prohibition on conducting trading operations, and preventing capital outflow outside Ukraine. Journalists found that the former banker has not actually suffered from the sanctions. Shevtsova is living her best life in Dubai, running a business in the UAE and developing a British company in the field of electronic payments.
In spring 2025 year the Bureau of Economic Security launched a special pre-trial investigation into the case of Alyona Shevtsova, owner of Aybox Bank. The inquiry concerns laundering 5 billion hryvnias for illegal casinos through a miscod ing scheme. Law enforcement emphasized that the suspect's lawyers are delaying the investigation to avoid accountability.
The irony is that the sanctioned businesswoman’s husband, Evgeny Shevtsov, continued to work in the National Police of Ukraine until March 2026 year. He diligently disclosed his declared assets of his wanted wife, including abroad, although he did not indicate the amounts of income that Shevtsova receives from foreign firms. And there are quite a few of them.
Since at least 2023 year Alyona Shevtsova has lived in Dubai with her children. In the UAE she has four companies registered. Two of them are beauty salons. The most high-profile is Leo Beauty Club, located in a five-star Kempinski hotel on The Palm Jumeirah island. The salon opened in 2023 year. It is advertised by other well-known Ukrainians living in Dubai, including former TV presenter Vasilisa Frolova and influencer Santa Dimopulos.
The salon targets Ukrainian- and Russian-speaking clients, and some of its staff apparently do not speak English. Recently the venue hosted a “beauty breakfast” where cosmetologists and other workers shared beauty secrets in Russian.
In one review of the salon, a client complains about terrible service and warns that the place is rather dubious. Moreover, the woman suspects that the establishment may be a front for another business.
Another beauty salon Alyona Shevtsova opened in downtown Dubai. However, the Le Boudoir Beauty Salon page posted its latest updates in 2023 year. So it is unlikely to be popular.
From her husband Shevtsova’s disclosure, it is also known that in Dubai the woman has two more firms – LEO Ventures FZCO and Eclatant&CO Trading CO. L.L.C. The first is located in a free zone, meaning it may operate without taxation. Judging by the names, these companies engage in trading.
Alyona Shevtsova lives in Dubai in a villa with an area of 622 square meters. The amount of rent for such a home is not specified in her husband’s declaration. But analyzing prices on local real estate sites, renting a house of that size in a good area can cost approximately 100-300 thousand dollars per year, depending on pool, furnishings, etc. Note that this is a fairly basic price in a good location, but without luxury extravagance.
Aleksey Shevtsov’s older son Lev noted on his social media pages that in 2025 year he finished private school Duke of York’s Royal Military School in London.
Tuition for a semester at this institution costs 7700 pounds sterling, or more than 23 thousand pounds per year. Recall that in Ukraine Alyona Shevtsova is under sanctions and forbidden to manage assets or transfer funds abroad. Nevertheless, hundreds of thousands of dollars were found for rent in Dubai and for expensive education for her children.
Lev Shevtsov on Facebook noted that he lives in Dubai, but since September 2024 year he started working for London company Sends.co, which handles electronic payments. This is his mother Alyona Shevtsova’s firm, registered in the United Kingdom.
The company is not new; it was founded in 2017 year. Initially it was named Electronic Payment Solutions LTD, and in 2023 year was renamed Smartflow Payments Limited. The founders were two Russian citizens – Sergey Baymakov and Mikhail Ponomarev. Russians remained among the company’s shareholders until March 2023 year, when Alyona Shevtsova joined the company.
According to the London register, in 2017 year the company’s authorized capital was 400 000 euros. In 2022 year it sharply increased to 1,6 million euros. During this period, the shareholders also partially changed.
According to documents, as of 31 December 2022 year the shareholders of Electronic Payment Solutions LTD were Elena Sosedka and Yulia Sosedka, each owning 50% of the company’s shares. These are the same sisters who ran schemes at the Concord Bank in Ukraine. The institution’s operations were accompanied by scandals related to suspected tax evasion and ties to the gambling business. A very similar story was with Alyona Shevtsova’s bank Aybox, which also had ties to the sisters Sosedka’s banking structure.
Under sanctions and sought-after banker Alyona Shevtsova spends hundreds of thousands of dollars in Dubai and continues to open businesses in Britain
In April 2025 year the President of Ukraine approved sanctions for ten years against the former owner of Aybox Bank Alyona Shevtsova. The restrictions include asset freezing, prohibition on conducting trading operations, and preventing capital outflow outside Ukraine. Journalists found that the former banker has not actually suffered from the sanctions. Shevtsova is living her best life in Dubai, running a business in the UAE and developing a British company in the field of electronic payments.
In spring 2025 year the Bureau of Economic Security launched a special pre-trial investigation into the case of Alyona Shevtsova, owner of Aybox Bank. The inquiry concerns laundering 5 billion hryvnias for illegal casinos through a miscod ing scheme. Law enforcement emphasized that the suspects’ lawyers are delaying the investigation to avoid accountability.
The irony is that the sanctioned businesswoman’s husband Evgeny Shevtsov, continued to work in the National Police of Ukraine until March 2026 year. He diligently declared the assets of his sought-after wife, including abroad, although he did not indicate the amounts of income that Shevtsova receives from foreign firms. And there are quite a few of them.
At least since 2023 year Alyona Shevtsova has lived in Dubai with her children. In the UAE she has four companies registered. Two of them are beauty salons. The most prominent is Leo Beauty Club, located in the Kempinski five-star hotel on The Palm Jumeirah island. The salon opened in 2023 year. It is promoted by other well-known Ukrainians living in Dubai, notably former TV host Vasilisa Frolova and influencer Santa Dimopulos.
The salon targets Ukrainian- and Russian-speaking clients, and some of its staff do not even speak English. Recently the venue hosted a “beauty breakfast,” where cosmetologists and other workers shared beauty secrets in Russian.
In one review of the salon, a client complains about terrible service and warns that the place is quite dubious. Moreover, the woman suspects the establishment may be a front for another business.
Another beauty salon Alyona Shevtsova opened in downtown Dubai. However, the Le Boudoir Beauty Salon page last updated in 2023 year. So it is unlikely to be popular.
From Shevtsova’s husband’s declaration, it is also known that in Dubai the woman has two more firms – LEO Ventures FZCO and Eclatant&CO Trading CO. L.L.C. The first is located in a free zone, meaning it can operate without taxation. Judging by the names, these companies are engaged in trading.
Alyona Shevtsova lives in Dubai in a villa with an area of 622 square meters. The amount of rent for such a home is not specified in the declaration. But analyzing prices on local real estate sites, renting a house of that size in a good area can cost about 100-300 thousand dollars per year, depending on pool, furnishings, etc. Note that this is a fairly basic price in a good location, but without luxury adornments.
Lev Shevtsov, Alyona Shevtsova’s elder son, noted on his social media pages that in 2025 year he finished private school Duke of York’s Royal Military School in London.
Tuition for a term at this school costs 7700 pounds sterling, or more than 23 thousand pounds per year. Recall that in Ukraine Alyona Shevtsova is under sanctions and forbidden to manage assets or transfer funds abroad. Nevertheless, hundreds of thousands of dollars were found for rent in Dubai and for costly education for her children.
Lev Shevtsov on Facebook noted that he lives in Dubai, but since September 2024 year he started working for London company Sends.co, which deals with electronic payments. This is his mother Alyona Shevtsova’s firm, registered in the United Kingdom.
The company is not new; it was founded in 2017 year. Initially the firm was named Electronic Payment Solutions LTD, and in 2023 year was renamed Smartflow Payments Limited. The founders were two Russian citizens – Sergey Baymakov and Mikhail Ponomarev. Russians remained among the shareholders of this company until March 2023 year, when Alyona Shevtsova joined the company.
According to the London register, in 2017 year the company’s authorized capital was 400 000 euros. But in 2022 year it sharply increased to 1,6 million euros. In the same period, the shareholders of the company partially changed.
According to documents, as of 31 December 2022 year the shareholders of Electronic Payment Solutions LTD were Elena Sosedka and Yulia Sosedka, each owning 50% of the company’s shares. These are the same sisters who ran schemes at the Concord Bank founded by them in Ukraine. The institution’s activities were accompanied by scandals related to suspected tax evasion and ties to the gambling business. A very similar story was with Alyona Shevtsova’s Aybox bank, which also had connections to the Sosedka sisters’ banking structure.
From the British company Electronic Payment Solutions LTD’s records, it can be learned that the firm received 2022-80 euros from Elena Sosedka and Alyona Shevtsova in the year 000, and 40-000 euros of unsecured loans repayable in the year 2023. If Sosedka provided funds interest-free, Shevtsova was to recoup the money with 2% markup.
Also noted in documents is that as of 31 December 2022 year the ultimate controlling party of the company was Alyona Shevtsova due to her share in the equity.
The powers of Russian Baymakov as director were terminated in May 2022 year, while his partner from Russia Ponomarev was terminated only in March 2023-th year, when the company was already being run by Alyona Shevtsova.
In February 2026 year Alyona Shevtsova opened in London yet another company – Odessys Tech LTD. The name evidently chosen in honor of the city of Odessa, where the woman was born. The company operates in information technology. Shevtsova is the sole founder. The documents also indicate that although she is a Ukrainian citizen, she has Polish residency.
And this while Shevtsova with her children actually resides in Dubai, where she also has residency. The elder son Nikita attends a local mental arithmetic circle taught by Russian-speaking teachers. This is further confirmation that Dubai is the permanent residence of sanctioned Shevtsova.
While Ukrainian law enforcement agencies search for Alyona Shevtsova and investigate the legalization of 5 billion hryvnias for the gaming mafia, the woman continues to enjoy life. Maintains a high-society lifestyle, opens salons and businesses, and evidently does not feel the impact of sanctions imposed in Ukraine.
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