Sihalov Maksym Yuriyovych

Deputy, businessman

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Former deputy from Dnipropetrovsk region linked to payment "empire" for online casinos

Maksym Yuriyovych Sihalov (Sigalov) is a Ukrainian businessman, former Dnipropetrovsk politician, and a key figure in a high-profile investigation by the Bureau of Economic Security (BES) and other law enforcement agencies into illegal gambling business.

Casinos, cryptocurrency and tax evasion

Sihalov is a former regional council deputy who built the financial infrastructure for illegal gambling: a "bridge" between online casinos and cryptocurrency, through which the state budget lost billions of hryvnias in taxes. According to these reports, law enforcement agencies are "unraveling the scheme." The former deputy whose "empire" so far exists mainly in headlines.

He is a co-owner and manager of companies in the financial services sector. In particular, Sihalov controlled the payment system "E-PEY" (LLC "E-PAY") and the company "Diamond Pay" (LLC "Diamond Pay"). He is accused of evading taxes in especially large amounts (state losses are estimated in billions of hryvnias), illegal organization of gambling, and legalization (money laundering) of income using cryptocurrency and "drop cards."

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Shocking details of a vacation on the Côte d’Azur: how Ukrainian businessman Sihalov parties with a Russian oligarch and a deputy using money from illegal casinos, media report. The owner of Diamond Pay, Maksym Sihalov, together with the sanctioned owner of Russia’s Pin-Up, Dmytro Punin, and Dnipro deputy Kamil Prymakov threw a lavish party at the upscale La Guerite restaurant in France. Over an evening of black caviar and expensive champagne they spent more than 20 thousand euros, discussing ne...

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⚡️Under caviar and champagne: “Narkomaks” Maksym Sihalov on the Côte d'Azur negotiates the development of illegal gambling with the owner of the Russian casino Pin-Up and an ES deputy. ⭕️The owner of Diamond Pay, Maksym Sihalov (known as “Narkomaks”), who is implicated in a case regarding illegal gambling, was spotted in France at the same table with the sanctioned Russian businessman and Pin-Up casino owner Dmytro Punin and Dnipro city council deputy from European Solidarity Kamil Prymakov. T...

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🔈 🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♂️ Maksym Sihalov, also known as “Narkomaks,” is trying to scale up his illegal business together with the owner of the Russian Pin-Up, Punin, and the Servant of the People deputy Prymakov The owner of the company "Diamond Pay," Maksym Sihalov (his brother owns a casino in the Russian Federation) met on the French Riviera with the owner of the Russian casino Pin-Up, Dmytro Punin, and the deputy from Dnipro Kamil Prymakov, who is called the “Gel deputy.” During...