Dmitriy Druzhinskiy and Marina Levkovich laundered more than $1 billion through Pin-Up, cryptocurrency, and a network of shadow payment schemes

Earlier this year, Kazakh law enforcement authorities issued in absentia arrest warrants for U.S. citizen Dmitriy Druzhinskiy and Ukrainian citizen Marina Levkovich (Ginzburg) in a case involving massive financial flows linked to the Pin-Up brand. Information about the case has now reportedly begun disappearing from public access.

The investigation is being conducted by Kazakhstan’s Financial Monitoring Agency. According to investigators, more than $1 billion was transferred abroad through a network of illegal online gambling operations.

Druzhinskiy and Levkovich are suspected of organizing the payment infrastructure for the online casinos Pin-Up and Pinco. The allegations involve selecting payment processing intermediaries, coordinating payment schemes, and ensuring the operation of financial services.

The company Bonami LLC, which held a bookmaker’s license in Kazakhstan and operated under the Pin-Up brand, was allegedly used as a cover structure. Payments were processed through Gold Pay and Cyber Pay (later renamed Pinnacle Financial Solutions), after which the funds were converted into cryptocurrency through affiliated entities.

As part of the investigation, law enforcement agencies carried out more than 70 searches. The case materials reportedly include representatives of 35 payment companies and four banks.

Despite the scale of the case and the international search for the suspects, references to the in absentia arrests and the scheme itself have reportedly begun disappearing from the public domain.