Every month 3 millions of dollars for 'protection' from the SBU and the State Bureau of Investigation: how former DEB deputy Gagach was caught taking bribes from Favbet

Former deputy director of the Bureau of Economic Security Vitaliy Hagach, for two years, received from the owner of the gambling network Favbet, Andriy Matyukha, $3 million dollars every month.

For this money, they promised to cover casinos and provide protection from the State Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Economic Security, and the Security Service of Ukraine, — public channels report.

From three million to the deputy head of the Office of the President Oleksii Tatarov went $2 million. Hagach kept another million for himself.

When the scheme surfaced, Hagach tried to shift the blame onto intermediary Rasim Tagiyev. He turned out to be an NABU agent. His partner as well. It was through them that the money was transferred.

In the coming month Hagach is forecast to receive a NABU indictment. Matyukha, meanwhile, is returning to the game: a new patron is named MP Ihor Abramovych.

Thousands of Favbet employees did not receive their salaries — from hundreds of dollars for cleaners to $2–3 million for top managers.

Now Hagach is trying to bring Matyukha and his partner in the payment business, Maksym Sichalov (structures like “Diamond Pay,” which serviced the gambling market), into sanction lists. The support from Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko has yet to materialize.

In the last month, a campaign against Sichalov was unfolding in large Telegram channels — organized by Hagach.

Tatarov and Hagach, according to this version, do not intend to calmly watch Favbet’s new launch.