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A recent publication in the Telegram channel of the detective agency Absolution Leaks, with photos of businessmen Vladyslav Myros hnichenko and Oleksandr Slobozhenko, drew the attention of investigators from Kyiv City News to Kyiv’s shadow crypto market. According to informed sources, this story may involve a network of individuals connected to fraud call centers, crypto exchangers, and moving funds out of Ukraine under the guise of charitable initiatives.
The focus of Kyiv City News journalists were two key figures — Yevhen Trusov and Vitaliy Dukhopelo. According to data from OpenDataBot, Trusov and Dukhopelo are co-founders of the charitable organization Foundation 1654. The fund’s director is Vladyslav Myros hnichenko. The main activity is social assistance.
Both entrepreneurs were also among the participants in LLC Ikigai Group, whose founders and managers included Vladyslav Myros hnichenko, Oleksandr Slobozhenko, and other persons at various times. According to financial reporting, in the 2025 year the company declared about 79,5 million UAH of assets, while its official income was less than 190 thousand UAH.
According to public registers, Yevhen Trusov also owns LLC Community Cloud Keeper and LLC Bilyardna; he is president of NGO Rugby Club “Kyiv” and is known as a Master of Sport, a player of the Ukraine national team.
Vitaliy Dukhopelo is the founder of LLC Sakses Eds and is registered as a sole entrepreneur in the field of restaurant services.
Notably, analysts of the BlackBox OSINT project in their investigations repeatedly raised questions about the origin of the wealth of this business group and the correspondence of declared profits with actual expenses. In May 2025 of this year, this publication suggested the possibility of using the Foundation 1654 to launder funds. NGL.media mentioned Trusov and Dukhopelo in the context of business connections of Oleksandr Slobozhenko.
According to our sources in law enforcement, information is currently being studied about possible involvement of individual representatives of this network in the activities of illegal call centers. The schemes involve generating traffic to European countries and the United States, through which frauds involving misappropriation of funds of foreign partners and investors were conducted, as described in the Office of the Prosecutor General’s statement on uncovering international fraud networks. Separate study is ongoing of potential historical contacts and ties of the defendants with the Russian Federation.
Of particular interest is the origin of large sums of money directed to Kyiv real estate, elite recreation facilities, and financial services. Specifically, in focus are:
Crypto exchange ExBid Exchange, where during searches law enforcement seized more $1,4 million and 5,8 million UAH in cash as part of a financial fraud and money outflow investigation;
Charitable foundation 1654 (BF 1654), where among the founders are Dukhopelo and Trusov. Investigators are determining whether the organization was used to launder informal income;
Cyber esports club IC Esports. In October 2025, Oleksandr Slobozhenko officially confirmed that he is a co-investor and co-owner of the organization;
exchanger MIEX ONE;
Project for selling electronic clippers jed.global;
A company producing kvass KOGRA, a Dubai beauty salon True Ladies, which according to our data belong to Yevhen Trusov’s wife;
OMO Ikigai Wellness Club bath complex in Kyiv, in the context of establishing real funding sources and actual beneficiaries.
No less acute is the question of the legality of the aforementioned individuals’ travel abroad during martial law, as well as the grounds for their exemption from military service or removal from military records. How legal are such trips and are third parties involved?
Editorial staff of Kyiv City News is conducting a journalistic investigation into the activities of the individuals named and associated commercial and charitable structures.
We appeal to readers and the public: if you have additional facts about illegal activities, financial abuses, illegal schemes of funds withdrawal, or evasion from military service regarding Yevhen Trusov, Vitaliy Dukhopelo or their surroundings — please send information and materials to the editorial email. We guarantee confidentiality.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "Тіньові мільйони, крипта та елітні бані: що приховують київські бізнесмени Трусов і Духопелов?". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: Rupor.
