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The owner of the company “Diamond Pay,” Maksym Sigalov, who is hiding abroad from investigation, spends time in upscale restaurants with the faction leader of European Solidarity in Dnipro City Council, Kamil Prymakov, and the sanctioned Dmitry Punin. One of the meetings took place on the French Riviera at the restaurant La Guerite, known for its parties, where the price of a table reaches 20 thousand euros.
For example, Monroe Beluga caviar costs 1600 euros for 100 g, and a bottle of champagne ranges from 500 to 1500 euros.
In the video obtained by the editorial office, the businessmen talk amicably and sit at the same table. On the left is deputy Prymakov, next to him is Maksym Sigalov, and the third is Punin, who is under sanctions in Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities have long been trying to extradite the latter in the online casino Pin‑Up case, while Sigalov himself is implicated in a case concerning illegal online casinos, and a court recently seized his property.
According to the publication’s sources, the meeting was likely related to scaling up the operation of online casinos in Ukraine. It concerns concealing financial transactions of illegal gambling establishments using p2p payments. It was in this way that Maksym Sigalov for many years helped dozens of casinos evade paying taxes and launder funds.
According to the Bureau of Economic Security, LLC “E‑Pay,” owned by Maksym Sigalov, understated revenues by 21,8 billion UAH over 2 years, which resulted in unpaid corporate tax of 3,9 billion UAH. A further 1 billion UAH passed through the accounts of another Sigalov company, “Diamond Pay.” The investigation considers Sigalov the organizer of these illegal schemes.
The Pechersky District Court of Kyiv imposed a seizure on Maksym Sigalov’s property in criminal proceeding No. 72022000400000003, which is being investigated under part 3 of article 212 (evasion of taxes on an especially 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 criminal means) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Among the seized property are a Range Rover, commercial real estate, and all cash on 42 bank accounts, primarily at JSC “Universal Bank,” as well as at JSC “Ukrgazbank,” JSC “A‑Bank,” PJSC “MTB Bank,” JSC “Idea Bank,” JSC “OTP Bank,” PJSC “Globus,” and others, opened on various dates from 2018 to 2025, in hryvnias, euros, and dollars.
However, this does not prevent Sigalov from feeling free. According to investigators, Maksym Sigalov left Ukraine long ago and mostly resides in Marbella, Spain. His wife drives a Mercedes Brabus worth $ 450 thousand, and Sigalov himself owns a Rolls‑Royce Spectre, which bloggers have filmed more than once. Moreover, after Diamond Pay lost its license he did not leave the gambling business but switched to P2P services and continued servicing large illegal gambling operators.
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