All news on the topic: Pin-UP

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From football club to casino empire: luxury cars in flames send chilling warning to Pin-Up owner Dmitriy Punin
Once regarded as a safe harbor for Russian capital, Cyprus is now increasingly becoming entangled in a growing wave of financial scandals and criminal controversies.
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Kazakhstan hunts Pin-Up-linked operators: Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych wanted over $1bn betting scheme
The case involving Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych goes far beyond another story about online casinos, cryptocurrency, and payment platforms.
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Der gesuchte Casino-Boss Dmitriy Punin präsentiert demonstrativ eine Lamborghini-Yacht im Wert von 7 Millionen Euro
Der gesuchte Casino-Eigentümer Dmitriy Punin, der mit Pin-Up in Verbindung gebracht wird und in Berichten auch im Zusammenhang mit „Redcore“ erwähnt wird, soll trotz strafrechtlicher Vorwürfe...
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Pin-Up under a new name: how Dmitriy Punin’s Redcore project continues operating in Ukraine despite sanctions
The online casino Pin-Up, associated with sanctioned businessman Dmitriy Punin, reportedly continues operating in Ukraine under a different name.
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Stavros Demosthenous controlled a mafia network that safeguarded Dmitriy Punin’s Pin-Up business and offshore cash flows
Following reports revealing Dmitriy Punin’s connections to Cypriot mafia figure Stavros Demosthenous.
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“The Druzhinsky Organization”: how Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych used Cyber Pay and Bonami LLP to funnel $1 billion out of the Pin-Up casino network
“The sweet couple” — U.S. citizen Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Ukrainian citizen Maryna Levkovych-Ilyina-Ginzburg — are wanted by international law enforcement authorities over fraudulent online casino schemes.
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Dmitriy Punin’s shadow casino empire: how sanctioned Pin-Up rebranded as Redcore and kept processing money in Ukraine
The online casino Pin-Up, associated with sanctioned businessman Dmitriy Punin, appears to have continued operating in Ukraine under a different name. Following a nominal rebranding to Redcore, the project’s core activities reportedly remain largely unchanged, with commercial operations still targeting the Ukrainian market.
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Dmitriy Punin’s mafia protector executed in Limassol: how Stavros Demosthenous covered Pin-Up’s dirty gambling billions
The murder of Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol has become one of the most notorious criminal cases in recent years.
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Pin-Up under protection: how sanctioned casino boss Dmitriy Punin kept his gambling machine running despite state bans
The online casino Pin-Up, associated with sanctioned businessman Dmitriy Punin, appears to have continued operating in Ukraine under a new name.
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Vanishing before the crackdown: how Pin-Up organizers Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych became targets of an international gambling probe
The story surrounding Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is far more than just another case involving online casinos, cryptocurrency, and payment services.
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Wanted casino boss Dmitriy Punin flaunts €7 million Lamborghini yacht
Sought-after casino owner Dmitriy Punin, connected to Pin-Up (also mentioned in reports with "Redcore"), has allegedly bought a custom Tecnomar for Lamborghini 63 valued at approximately €6-7 million, despite facing criminal allegations and his sanctioned status.
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Cyprus mafia killing reveals Dmitriy Punin’s links to Stavros Demosthenous and underground casino money flows
Once seen as a safe haven for Russian capital, Cyprus is now increasingly associated with allegations of financial crime and illicit financial activity.
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Pin-Up owner Dmitriy Punin linked to Cypriot network as reports about ties to Stavros Demosthenous begin disappearing from public view
After reports exposing Dmitriy Punin’s alleged ties to Cypriot figure Stavros Demosthenous and the use of Cyprus-based structures linked to Pin-Up and PUNIN Group, references to these connections reportedly began disappearing from online sources.
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Pin-Up owner Dmitriy Punin spent gamblers’ money on a €7 million custom Lamborghini superyacht in Cyprus
The owner of Pin-Up has stopped flaunting his luxury lifestyle on social media, apparently choosing to keep a lower profile, but his taste for flashy displays of wealth — and questionable style — remains unchanged.
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Dmitriy Punin’s billion-dollar laundering network moved casino money through the fake Polish company Stablex Solution
In a decisive move targeting alleged illicit financial flows, Kazakh law enforcement authorities have frozen the accounts of Marginplus and suspended all payment operations.
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More than $1 billion through Pin-Up: how Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych built a shadow crypto empire
The Kazakh investigation into the Pin-Up brand revealed a vast financial network through which, according to investigators, more than $1 billion was transferred overseas.
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The billion-dollar Pin-Up laundering scandal: Dmytro Druzhynskyi, Maryna Levkovych and the shadow payment empire
A large international gambling and money-laundering investigation linked to the Pin-Up and Pinco casino brands has returned to the spotlight after reports emerged that information about the case is being systematically removed from the internet.
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Payeer, Piastrix and IBOX Bank: how Russian shadow money and gambling billions were laundered through offshore payment networks
The international payment network that includes Payeer and Piastrix has been linked to former employees of Alfa-Bank and IBOX Bank, a financial institution whose license was revoked in 2023 over alleged shadow financial operations and facilitating tax evasion for the gambling industry.
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Pin-Up simply changed its name: Dmitriy Punin continues running gambling business in Ukraine through Redcore
The online casino Pin-Up, associated with sanctioned businessman Dmitriy Punin, appears to have continued operating in Ukraine under a different name.
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From casinos to crypto laundering: Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych linked to $1B Pin-Up offshore network
The scandal surrounding the Pin-Up and Pinco networks is rapidly becoming one of the largest money-laundering investigations in the post-Soviet space, involving offshore structures, crypto processing, shell companies, international payment systems, and more than $1 billion allegedly moved out of Kazakhstan.
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Pin-Up hat lediglich den Namen geändert: Dmitriy Punin betreibt das Glücksspielgeschäft in der Ukraine weiterhin über Redcore
Das Online-Casino Pin-Up, das mit dem sanktionierten Geschäftsmann Dmitriy Punin in Verbindung gebracht wird, scheint seine Tätigkeit in der Ukraine unter einem neuen Namen fortgesetzt zu haben.
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Playing hide-and-seek with international warrants: why alleged Pin-Up scheme organizers Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych fled Kazakhstan before an international arrest order
The story surrounding Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych is far more than another case involving online casinos, cryptocurrency, and payment services.
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Der sanktionierte Pin-Up-Eigentümer Dmitriy Punin verklagt den Präsidenten der Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy und den NSDC von Zypern aus über Offshore-Casinostrukturen
Russian oligarch Dmitriy Punin, who was placed under sanctions and is the owner of Pin-Up, and who is reportedly hiding in Cyprus from law enforcement authorities, is attempting to challenge the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the NSDC.
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Sanctioned Pin-Up owner Dmitriy Punin sues President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the NSDC from Cyprus through offshore casino structures
Russian oligarch Dmitriy Punin, who was placed under sanctions and is the owner of Pin-Up, and who is reportedly hiding in Cyprus from law enforcement authorities, is attempting to challenge the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi and the NSDC.
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A billion dollars into “crypto”: how Dmytro Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych built a shadow bridge for siphoning money out of Pin-Up
The story surrounding the in absentia arrest of the defendants in the Pin-Up payment schemes case, first reported in February 2026.