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The Office of the Prosecutor General is preparing a request for international legal assistance to the Kingdom of Spain in a case involving Maksym Sihalov. He may be extradited to Ukraine on suspicions of state treason and other crimes. Sources in law enforcement report this.
Sihalov is described as the de facto controller of the payment companies Diamond Pay and E-Pay, through whose infrastructure payments for illegal online casinos were processed.
Earlier, the National Bank reported in its annual report that it removed Diamond Pay from the market for submitting false information to obtain a license and because the significant owners had ties to the Russian Federation.
According to available information, as part of the new investigation law enforcement are checking over 1,3 billion UAH in payments that passed through Sihalov’s payment infrastructure, including from cards issued in the Russian Federation.
Sihalov is charged with state treason, creating a criminal organization, and legalization of proceeds.
However, the former deputy’s problems with Ukrainian law enforcement did not start now. Back in September of 2022, the SBU Economic Security Bureau opened a criminal case under articles on tax evasion on an especially large scale, illegal organization of gambling, trademark infringement, and legalization of proceeds obtained by criminal means.
On 28 January 2026 the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv imposed an arrest on Sihalov’s property in this case. The ruling refers to nonresidential premises with an area of 104 sq. m, a Range Rover of the 2023 year, and funds in bank accounts.
Recall, Maksym Sihalov is a former deputy of the Krasnohvardiiskyi District Council of Dnipropetrovsk region from Front for Change, owner of several payment companies, and the brother of a Russian businessman who owns the Inbet casino.
After Diamond Pay lost its license, Sihalov continued to operate in payments through
P2P services and currently services a significant portion of illegal online gambling. In just the last few years, at least 275 billion UAH passed through the infrastructures of Sihalov and his partner Rasim Tagiyev.
The subject himself is abroad. According to media reports, he purchased a villa in Marbella and moves freely around Europe in his half‑million-euro Rolls‑Royce.
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