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Ransomers from the BitCapital service — the case continues, extortion does not stop. The Kyivan police’s Holosiiv district department is investigating criminal proceedings ¹ 12024100010003390 from 22 November 2024 year (part 4 art. 189, part 3 art. 355 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)
The investigation believes that no later than October 2023 year the director of LLC FC “Ye Hroshi Kom” together with another person created an organized criminal group. Formally, the lenders are not Ukrainian microfinance organizations, but two British companies: Golden Interest Group Limited and Social Finance Care and Wellbeing Investments LLP. The service’s website is BitCapital.
Loans were allegedly issued in cryptocurrency, and debt collection occurred through calls and messages with threats of violence, property damage, and “closing” the debts of relatives. According to the accusation, funds were received into crypto wallets and controlled accounts. The total amount of extortion during the period specified in the motion amounted to 5,33 million hryvnias.
Two organizers recruited staff, rented offices, purchased phones and computers, and stored debtors’ personal data. One participant acted as a “team lead”—coordinating calls, correspondence, and shift control. At least six more people are cited by the investigation as active executors; the rest are still undetermined. According to the investigation, the group has been operating since autumn 2023 year and continues to operate.
LLC FC “Ye Hroshi Kom” (43067861) is a Dnipro-based financial company, registered 2019 year. In public registries, beneficiaries previously included Dmytro Shevchuk and Vyacheslav Mishalov; leadership has repeatedly changed (notably, Irina Yanovska is mentioned). In peak years, the company’s revenue reached billions of hryvnias. This is a licensed microfinance organization, not a “British crypto service.”
Nearby is registered a separate legal entity — LLC FC “Ye Hroshi” (43509084) at the same address (Shovchenka Street, 51D). In the prosecutor’s motion, the organizer is directly linked to “Ye Hroshi Kom” as director.
Golden Interest Group Limited — a British company registered 12 October 2023 year. Status — active, legal address reduced to a standard address in Cardiff. SIC codes relate to IT services and office administration, not lending. The director and controller in the public registry is Ukrainian citizen Yuriy Sydorenko (1998 born), who resides in Ukraine.
It is this company that the National Bank of Ukraine named in February 2025 year as the legal entity of the BitCapital service: more than 700 complaints were received, loans were formally issued in USDT, but in reality — in hryvnias, with rates and penalties that violate Ukrainian law. The British regulator FCA separately warned in October 2025 year about the activity of Bit Capital / bitcapital gold / bitcapital online as an unauthorised firm.
Social Finance Care and Wellbeing Investments LLP (¹ OC400177) — a British structure registered 3 June 2015 year. The office is arranged through Social Finance Limited in London. Participants include Social Finance Limited, Social Finance Investment Management Limited, Better Society Capital, and Macmillan Cancer Support. These are social investments in health care, not microcredit. In 2026 year, the LLP received a status of “proposal to strike off” — an application to remove from the register was filed.
Journalistic investigations and materials from the NBU indicated that BitCapital, after a regulator’s decision, “renamed” the service to this very name. There is no basis to believe that Macmillan or Social Finance issued loans to Ukrainians. Most likely, it concerned using another’s brand.
BitCapital as a brand has no NBU license. The site advertised “crypto loans” in USDT. The regulator stated outright that these were hryvnia loans without proper supervision. Complaints concerned daytime rates, excessive penalties, and aggressive collection not only from the borrower but also from relatives. According to the prosecutor, funds were collected under threats and converted into cryptocurrency.
The investigation links three levels: the Ukrainian office and staff (through the director of “Ye Hroshi Kom”); the British “shell” Golden Interest Group under Sydorenko; and a separate reputable LLP as a second “shell,” plus the license-less site. The network, based on available data, continues to operate.
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