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State documents from Moldova and Poland contain data about Trustee payment service links to Russian structures. It refers to the use of the application in financing schemes, the operator’s business connections with the Russian Federation, and the activity of its payment partner.
The first of the relevant decisions was published by Moldova's Information and Security Service in December 2024, the second 21 May 2026 of the year was approved by the Polish Ministry of Interior and Administration.
The Moldovan SIS report on interference in presidential elections and a referendum 2024 notes that Russian special services, through people close to Ilan Shor’s group, used the TRUSTEE app (Trustee Plus, UAB Trustee Global, Lithuania) as a financing mechanism.
Ilan Shor is under sanctions by the United States, the United Kingdom, the EU, Ukraine, and Switzerland. His party in Moldova was declared unconstitutional.
13 March 2026 of the year, the head of the Polish Internal Security Agency (ABW) sent a query R-Z-1467/2026. In the decision of the Polish MSWiA, it is stated that Trustee Global “has business ties with the Russian Federation,” and an analysis of open sources indicates the use by “Russian security services.”
In the document, the general director and co-founder of Trustee Global are named as Vadim Hrusha, and the technical director as Ksenia Zhitomirskaya. The sanctions imposed on the company provide for asset freezing, prohibition on providing funds, and exclusion from public procurement.
The decision took effect immediately. The request to ABW was accompanied by a document marked with restricted access.
According to the Polish agency’s decision, under the contract of 1 August 2023 year, Trustee Global cooperated with Quicko sp. z o.o., which issued co-branded payment cards for the company.
ABW separately established that within this cooperation Quicko conducted payments in territories where it did not have the appropriate permit. Quicko informed the supervisory authority of the termination of the contract only on 6 November 2025 year, and the termination of the cooperation took effect on 28 February 2026 year.
On the same day, the Russian LLC “Kviko,” OGRN 1137746383851, in which Polish Quicko holds 90% ownership, was put under sanctions. The ministry checked this information against data from Russia’s Unified State Register of Legal Entities.
Nearby on the list is TJSC “Koshlemek.ru,” OGRN 1107847012547, which controls the crypto exchange Koshelek.ru. On the Russian-language version of the site quickowallet.com, Quicko data were also listed.
ABW called this “a conscious building of a financial bridge between Western countries and the Russian Federation.” Among other Quicko partners in the decision are companies of the Mercuryo brand, tied to Russian capital and people.
Separately, Recoveris analysts, cited by Bankier.pl, studied the integration of the exchange feature in Trustee Wallet with the service Kassa.cc.
According to their report, this service allows instantly exchanging cryptocurrency for rubles with subsequent transfers to Sberbank, PSB, and Bank “Vanguard.”
According to Recoveris, two exchanges integrated with Trustee received funds from sanctioned Russian Garantex. One of them, according to the analysts, did so even a year after OFAC sanctions were introduced.
Researchers also claim that BIN numbers of Quicko gave Russian wallet users the ability to obtain cards that in Mastercard and Visa payment systems appeared as Polish.
The company denies these claims. In the statement dated 21 May, signed by Vadim Hrusha, it is stated that Trustee apps are not available in Russia, the company does not operate on the Russian market and does not cooperate with sanctioned banks.
The statement also notes that Trustee Wallet was never integrated with Quicko. At the same time, the Polish decision to apply sanctions was made and remains in effect.
Thus, Moldova’s security service linked the Trustee app to financing Ilan Shor’s structures from Russia. Poland’s counterintelligence stated business links of the operator with the Russian Federation, while its card partner, according to Polish documents, owns 90% of Russian LLC “Kviko.”
Separately, Recoveris analysts claim the possibility of withdrawals through the wallet’s built-in exchanger from rubles to Russian banks, some of which are under sanctions. At the same time, Trustee denies operating on the Russian market and ties to sanctioned banks.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "Польща запровадила санкції проти оператора Trustee через зв’язки з російськими компаніями". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: HAB Media.
