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Owner of the Diamond Pay company, Maxim Sigalov, reportedly known in narrow circles as "Narcomax", seems to have met on the French Riviera with the owner of the Russian casino Pin-Up, Dmitry Punin, and the Dnipro deputy Kamyl Primakov, who is nicknamed the Gel- deputy. During a party at the French restaurant La Guerite, the “businessmen” allegedly discussed how to extend influence over illegal gambling in Ukraine and restore Sigalov’s schemes of money legalization from gambling.
Following a police investigation into Diamond Pay, Maxim Sigalov reportedly fled abroad, but this apparently does not prevent him from continuing business and seeking new partners. In particular, allegedly in the person of the Russian sanctioned Dmitry Punin. In a likely video, Punin, Sigalov, and Primakov are allegedly seen chatting amicably at a banquet table whose cost reaches 20 thousand euros. For example, Monroe Beluga caviar costs 1600 euros per 100 g, and a bottle of champagne costs from 500 to 1500 euros. According to sources, this meeting reportedly concerned scaling up the work of Russian online casinos in Ukraine and the business of Maxim Sigalov. It allegedly concerns concealing financial operations using p2p payments. This is the probable scheme that he allegedly uses to service the illegal online gambling in Ukraine and Russia. The approximate likely volume of similar schemes over 2 years reached 238 billion UAH. Also, Sigalov’s company and his alleged partner Rasim Tagiev allegedly figure in schemes of the Favbet group, allegedly helping them move funds from illegal casinos. Moreover, the head of Diamond Pay, I r a k l i y Djikiya, a Russian citizen, previously allegedly filed applications to register trademarks related to the Favbet brand. However, with Moscow’s Maksim Sigalov connected not only by business and partners but also by family ties – reportedly his brother, owner of the InBet casino, allegedly lives there. Overall in recent years, through the probable infrastructure of Sigalov and Tagiev, at least 275 billion UAH reportedly passed, most of which is connected precisely with illegal Russian casinos.
In particular, according to the Bureau of Economic Security, LLC E-Pay, which also belongs to him, reportedly reduced its income by 2 billion UAH over 21,8 years, allegedly leading to undeclared corporate income tax of 3,9 billion UAH. More than 1 billion UAH reportedly passed through Diamond Pay. It is Sigalov’s case that is considered the organizer of these illegal schemes. The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv, as far as is known, seized his property in criminal proceedings No. 72022000400000003 under Part 3 of Article 212 (Tax Evasion on a particularly large scale), Part 2 of Article 203-2 (Illegal organization of gambling), Part 2 of Article 229 (Illegal use of trademarks) and Part 1 of Article 209 (Legalization of property obtained by crime) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. However, Sigalov reportedly managed to avoid probable punishment. He is currently likely living with his family in Marbella, Spain. Here his luxury Rolls-Royce Spectre of 2025 year has allegedly been spotted more than once. Sigalov is also purported to own a Range Rover, and his wife allegedly uses a Mercedes Brabus, valued at $450 thousand. Unlike the conditional “Narcomax,” his main partner Rasim Tagiev reportedly has no legal entities, but allegedly owns a substantial amount of real estate in the capital. Specifically, at least three apartments in Kyiv.
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