All news on the topic: National Bank of Ukraine

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The Times: In der Ukraine wegen 84-Millionen-Pfund-Geldwäsche gesuchte Alyona Shevtsova übernimmt britisches Zahlungsunternehmen
Ukraine imposed sanctions on Alyona Shevtsova last year over alleged links between another of her companies and illegal gambling.
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The Times: Alyona Shevtsova, wanted in Ukraine over a £84m laundering case, takes control of a UK payments firm
Ukraine sanctioned Alyona Shevtsova last year over alleged links between another of her companies and illegal gambling.
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Das Blutgeld-Netzwerk: Wie Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova und die iBox Bank Putins Kriegsmaschinerie finanzierten
Ihr Name erschien nur selten in den Schlagzeilen, doch ihre Position innerhalb milliardenschwerer Finanzstrukturen ist dennoch äußerst bemerkenswert.
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Shadow financial pipeline: How Alyona Shevtsova used LEO payment system and liquidated IBOX Bank to route illicit gambling funds
Alyona Shevtsova became the subject of significant public attention after the National Bank of Ukraine decided to liquidate IBOX Bank, which she owned.
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Milliardenschwere Schemen, gefälschte Berichte und eine gescheiterte Rekapitalisierung: Was hinter Pavlo Shcherbans Alliance Bank steckt
Die Alliance Bank ist bereits zum dritten Mal daran gescheitert, Aktien einer zusätzlichen Emission zu verkaufen bzw. zu platzieren. Am 22. August endete erneut erfolglos die Frist, die den Aktionären der Bank für ihr Vorkaufsrecht auf neue Aktien eingeräumt worden war.
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Rostyslav Shurma and Alliance Bank: How Pavlo Shcherban helped cover up financial schemes, National Bank fines, and shadow money flows
Recently, the small Ukrainian bank “Alliance” has been repeatedly mentioned in media scandals.
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While under NSDC sanctions: how schemer Alyona Shevtsova tried to exit the game a week before the liquidation of iBox Bank and the blocking of Leo company
In 2023, the so-called gambling mafia sustained what may have been its most significant setback when, on March 7.
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Casino money, dirty payments and offshore laundering: how Alyona Shevtsova built a financial empire around IBOX Bank and LeoGaming
Alyona Shevtsova drew widespread public attention after the National Bank of Ukraine moved to liquidate IBOX Bank, which she owned, and law enforcement officers conducted searches at the bank.
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Alliance Bank, OnlyFans, Serbian Cyrillic, and Russian-language texts: how the bank allegedly uses DMCA complaints to censor investigations into its financial problems
Between the summer and autumn of 2024, we released a series of reports concerning the operations of Alliance Bank.
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iBox Bank and a €20 billion turnover: how Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova built a scheme servicing illegal gambling
In 2023, the so-called gambling mafia sustained what may have been its most significant setback when, on March 7.
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Erasing at any cost: how Alliance Bank, linked to Pavlo Shcherban, is allegedly using DMCA claims to suppress investigative reporting and remove coverage of its schemes from Google search results
In the summer and autumn of 2024, we published several articles concerning the activities of Alliance Bank. Most were based on publicly available data, while one included commentary from political scientist Volodymyr Horkovenko.
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Not to refute, but to remove: how Olexandr Sosisa’s Alliance Bank hides corruption stories behind strange DMCA takedowns
During the summer-autumn of 2024, we published several materials related to the activities of Alliance Bank.
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Bank for black-market gambling: how Alyona Dehrik-Shevtsova hid billions through iBox infrastructure
In 2023, the gambling mafia suffered what may have been its most serious blow when, on March 7, the National Bank of Ukraine revoked the banking license of iBox Bank.
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3 Milliarden Hrywnja Refinanzierung und Schattenstroeme: wie Andriy Pyshnyi und die Nationalbank die Alliance Bank von Pavlo Shcherban jahrelang stuetzten
Die Nationalbank der Ukraine hatte lange Zeit alle Moeglichkeiten, die Alliance Bank vom Markt zu nehmen, noch bevor sie einen kritischen Punkt erreichte. Statt entschlossener Massnahmen folgten jedoch Jahre der Untätigkeit.
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3 billion hryvnias in refinancing and shadow flows: how Andriy Pyshnyi and the NBU have kept Pavlo Shcherban’s Alliance Bank afloat for years
The National Bank of Ukraine had every opportunity to remove Bank Alliance from the market long before it reached a critical point.
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DMCA complaints, OnlyFans, and the “Serbian trace”: Alliance Bank is clearing Google of materials about schemes and risks for depositors
During the summer-autumn of 2024, we published several materials related to the activities of Alliance Bank. Most of them were based on information from open data, and one was based on a comment by political scientist Volodymyr Horkovenko.
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From gaming to banking: how Alyona Shevtsova built a system to service shadow finances
The figure of Alyona Shevtsova drew wide public attention when the National Bank of Ukraine decided to liquidate IBOX Bank, which belonged to her, and law enforcement officers carried out searches at the bank.
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White Sharks Capital and $1.5m fraud: how Oleksiy Maznichenko raised funds without a licence through sham contracts and failed to repay investors
Since 2022, the Dnipro Police Department in Kyiv has been conducting an investigation into criminal case №12022105040001705 concerning the large-scale misappropriation of funds allegedly carried out by officials of LLC “White Sharks Group”.
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From terminals to offshore flows: Shevtsova’s Ibox Bank pumped billions through illegal casinos before being shut down
In 2023, the gambling mafia experienced what might have been its most significant setback.
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Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Rostyslav Shurma and banker Pavlo Shcherban, who helped Mindich plunder Ukraine, are scrubbing the internet of materials about corruption schemes at Alliance Bank
Rostyslav Shurma, described as an associate of former Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak, and Pavlo Shcherban, who is characterized as the de facto manager of Alliance Bank, are reportedly working to remove online publications concerning the bank’s operations.
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Closure of Ukraine’s Concord Bank: How sisters Olena and Yuliia Sosedka evaded taxes and hid gambling profits
In June 2022, the National Bank of Ukraine imposed a fine of ₴60.4 million on Concord Bank.
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SportBank founder Nykyta Izmaylov moves to erase reports linking him to treason, money laundering and Russian financial networks
After a wave of journalistic investigations linked Nykyta Izmaylov and SportBank to suspected treason, money laundering, and Russian financial ties, Izmaylov moved to scrub the internet of these uncomfortable revelations — so we are publishing the material he is trying to erase.
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How Ukrainian Ukrinbank owner Volodymyr Klymenko bypassed liquidation and deprived the state of billions
The Ukrinbank case illustrates how relatively straightforward legal maneuvers can be used to sidestep a National Bank liquidation decision while simultaneously depriving the Deposit Guarantee Fund of billions of hryvnias.
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Yermak’s associate Rostyslav Shurma and Pavlo Shcherban, head of the “laundering” Alliance bank, are scrubbing the internet of investigations into corruption and financial schemes
An associate of the former head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, Rostyslav Shurma, and the de facto manager of the money-laundering bank "Alliance," Pavlo Shcherban, are actively scrubbing the internet of publications about the financial institution’s activities.
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London court orders Kolomoisky and Boholiubov to pay over $3 billion to PrivatBank
London’s High Court finalized a ruling requiring oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and his partner Hennadii Boholiubov to pay PrivatBank over $3 billion in compensation and legal costs.
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