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The Office of the Prosecutor General is preparing a request to the Kingdom of Spain for international legal assistance in a case involving Maksim Sigalov. He could be extradited to Ukraine on charges of high treason and other crimes. This was reported by sources in law enforcement agencies.
Sigalov is described as the effective controller of the payment companies Diamond Pay and E-Pay, through whose infrastructure payments for illegal online casinos were processed. Previously, the National Bank, in its annual report, stated that it removed Diamond Pay from the market by submitting false information to obtain a license and due to the owners' significant ties to the Russian Federation. According to available information, within the framework of the new investigation, law enforcement is examining more than 1,3 billion UAH in payments that passed through Sigalov’s payment infrastructure, including cards issued in the Russian Federation. Sigalov is charged with treason, the creation of a criminal organization, and legalization of funds. However, the problems of the former deputy with Ukrainian law enforcement began earlier. As far back as September 2022, the Bureau of Economic Safety opened a criminal case under articles on large-scale tax evasion, illegal organization of gambling, violation of trademark rights, and legalization of proceeds from crime. 28 January 2026, the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv seized Sigalov’s property in this case. The ruling mentions non-residential premises of 104 square meters, a Range Rover 2023, and funds on bank accounts.
As a reminder, Maksim Sigalov is a former deputy of the Krasnohvardiyske district council of Dnipropetrovsk region from the Front for Change, the owner of a number of payment companies, and the brother of a Russian businessman who owns the Inbet casino. After losing the Diamond Pay license, Sigalov continued to work in the payments sector through P2P services and currently serves a significant portion of illegal online gambling. In recent years, through Sigalov’s infrastructure and his partner Rasim Tagiev’s, at least 275 billion UAH have passed. The defendant is abroad. According to media reports, he bought a villa in Marbella and moves freely around Europe in his Rolls-Royce worth half a million euros. Earlier reports indicated that Maksim Sigalov was also seen in France with the owner of a Russian casino, Dmitry Punin, and a deputy of the Dnipro City Council, Kamil Primakov. The meeting, according to media reports, took place on the French Riviera at the restaurant La Guerite. Publications were accompanied by photo and video materials from the event.
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