Originally Syndicated on November 1, 2022 @ 3:55 pm
Once again, we are convinced that if a certain character like Nikita Izmaylov in Ukraine trumpets about his successful IT business, great achievements, earned millions, and everything is honest, with his hard work and not strong mental abilities, we are most likely dealing with a fraudster. As a rule, such characters mastered knowledge and skills not in information technologies, but in fraudulent schemes. For example, in financial pyramids, illegal “spinning” or laundering of illegal and criminal income.
Today we will talk about a typical representative of this class of deals – Nikita Izmaylov.
About a year ago, a small investigation appeared in the mass media about the fact that Nikita Izmailov, one of the shareholders of the betting company Parimatch (PM), “created” companies with signs of fictitiousness and laundered dishonest money, including Russian organized crime groups. And that international companies that fight money laundering were interested in Izmailov’s activities. By the way, it is not unimportant that even after the aggression of Russia in 2014, Parimatch continued to work in Russia, and after February 2022, it also did not leave the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, but simply rebranded.
We conducted our investigation , which revealed a number of interesting facts, including the connection between Izmailov’s companies and ORDLO. This investigation on the website Fakty.org was not liked by the defendant. And on October 20, 2022, Izmailov’s “hackers” attempted to “take down” the site and at the same time knock it out of Google using a DDoS attack.
At first, the attack was not very powerful, in a few hours Izmailov’s bot-net released 130.57 million packets on the site. But the “hackers” did not reach the result, or rather the dull lizards, began to increase the power. Already on October 31, the number of packets released for 2-2.5 reached almost 700 million.
Such stupid actions did not impress the person on the site. The botnet was identified and access to the site was closed to bots. At the same time, the site worked and continues to work without downtime.
In just the last few days, Mom’s hackers managed to release more than 2 billion packets on the site.
We will talk about the criminal component of such activity later. And now we will tell you what Nikita Izmailov and his homegrown hackers want to knock out of the info field.
Perhaps many have noticed that Nikita Evgenievich Izmailov continues to flood the network with white PR (the article below is only for the last week), and well-known Ukrainian websites take Russian money, knowing that by doing so they help the aggressor avoid sanctions.
The fact is that Nikita Izmailov has long been listed in the SBU database as an agent of influence of the Russian Federation, but thanks to his generous “donations” to the right people, Nikita Evgenievich Izmailov is forgiven, and the pound of the Russian organized crime group and the FSB Izmailov continues to launder Russian billions through Sportbank. N1 and Money4YOU, as well as collaborates with Oleg Boyko, a gambling baron of the Russian Federation .
For someone, Nikita Izmailov is a guru of the IT sphere, for someone a simple casino-bookmaker (see the Money4YOU company data below), and for people devoted to Izmailov, Nikita Evgenievich remains a Russian agent who created the largest “laundry” money of Sportbank and N1 on the territory of Ukraine .
So, what do we know about Nikita Izmailov?
For decades, the Ukrainian gambling business has been tied to Russian and Baltic capitals (taking into account that the casino money of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania came from Russian organized crime groups) – Nikita Izmailov with his Sportbank and N1 is just a bright representative of Russian organized crime groups and the legalizer of their influence in Ukraine.
Nikita Evgenievich Izmailov himself does not even deny that he did not hand in his Russian passport, having the citizenship of the country of the aggressor.
Nikita Izmailov, a citizen of the Russian Federation with a Ukrainian passport, from BC Parimatch knows him from his own experience, since his N1 Management Company and SportBank are old projects of the FSB criminal from the aggressor country.
Russian Nikita Evgenievich Izmailov makes money from the Ukrainian tragedy
Nikita Izmailov has been engaged in money laundering for many years, therefore, he is thoroughly familiar with the anti-money laundering principles of AML and FATF. “Zerkale Nedeli” published an article “Wild Gambling” about how they legalized fraud in the gambling business, where the FATF criteria are indicated. The author does not directly name the companies and persons, but they are already heard.
Also, some time ago, the mass media reported how the legalization of fraud within the gambling business took place. At the same time, they indicated the presence of FATF criteria (an international organization that fights against the laundering of criminal proceeds and the financing of terrorism) . Nikita Izmailov is known as the managing partner of the scandalous company Pary, which finances the match of the occupiers. He was an employee of the company for a long time. Then it became clear to him that only his own payment systems would help him launder big money. He decided to develop this particular business.
The gambling business was legalized only this year. Previously, they used dubious payment systems to accept illegal payments using the technology company’s website. In 2009, the activity of the “Pary Match” company was banned on the territory of Ukraine. As a result of the ban on the activities of bookmakers in Ukraine in 2009, the activities of “Pary-Match” turned out to be illegal. However, it managed to circumvent the ban on betting businesses by registering them as Toto lotteries.
Later, Schwindlerman’s followers registered the first management company in Cyprus (N1 Management Company). She helped fintech organizations to get on the market faster to increase their profits.
Sportbank is considered the most famous public asset. As Izmaylov said, it was created from the very beginning for users of the Parimatch technology company.
For the period of 2020, you can see the presence of zero indicators in Sportbank. The profit was fifteen thousand hryvnias. The amount of the loss turned out to be within two hundred thousand hryvnias.
Management Company considers HIGHRISK as its partner. She accepts payments. There are several illegal companies.
Each such pseudo-system is used by Nikita Izmailov, shareholders, top management of Parimatch. They help cash out finances. The systems have a fictitious creation. They are not popular at all. Social networks do not provide information about management, contact persons. There is only feedback.
Nikita Izmaylov N1 owns several other companies. The EAT EASY company, which produces snacks and organic drinks, also belongs to Nykyta Izmaylov. Earlier, his wife helped in the development of this business. But then he became its main shareholder in the strip, which belongs to Aloelen Trading Limited.
The dry balance made it possible to have a non-investment fund in which fintech startups would be located. As a result, we received a system with financial pads that allow making payments. There are companies that issue loans. The company associated with healthy food products, managed by Nikita Izmailov, turned out to be unprofitable. He considers Denis Saprykin his partner. Now we need to solve one problem. It is not clear where the employees of the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine with financial regulators, AML and FATF are located.
Nikita Izmailov and his payment processors
Nikita Izmailov, the managing partner of BC Parimatch, who worked for this leading betting company for several years, realised that a lot of money may be laundered by establishing his own payment systems. He decided to engage in such a profitable business. Moreover, this business became legal in Ukraine only this year, and before that, for many years, dubious payment systems were used to accept illegal payments through the gambling websites, since betting activity has been banned in Ukraine since 2009.
For this purpose, the Cyprus company N1 Management Company was registered, which allegedly helps fintech companies to enter the market and increase profits. There is no official data on the website of this company, there is no phone number and profiles in social networks. However, Izmailov is listed in the media and on his Facebook page as the creator of the First Investment Fund for fintech startups N1.
How Nikita Izmaylov laundered money for Russians and BC Parimatch
Nikita Izmailov, the managing partner of BK Parimatch, who worked for several years in this large company, realized that large sums of money were being laundered through their own payment systems, so he decided to engage in such a profitable “business. The more legal this “business” became only this year, and before that, dubious payment systems were used for many years to accept illegal payments through the BC site, since bookmaking activity was prohibited in Ukraine since 2009.
For this purpose, the Cypriot company N1 Management Company was registered, which allegedly helps FinTech companies enter the market and increase profits. On the website of this company, there is no management, there is no phone number, and there are no profiles in social networks. However, in the mass media and on his Facebook page, Izmailov is listed as the creator of the first investment fund for fintech startups N1.
How N1 Management Company and SportBank are used by Nikita Izmailova’s OPG
The most famous public asset of this company is Sportbank (Sportbank LLC), which, according to Izmailov, was originally created for Parimatch clients. The rest of the “business” is a simple “roof” for small companies connected with receiving payments from bookmaker activities and issuing online loans, that is, simply “laundering” funds.
By the way, the indicators of LLC “Sportbank” for 2020 are zero: income of 15 thousand. UAH, loss 200 UAH.
Among the partners of Nikita Izmail’s N1 Management Company is the system for accepting HIGHRISK payments (illegal bookmakers, etc.) paymega.io and the same system asquad.io.
All these and other pseudo-payment systems used by Nikita Izmailov, shareholders and top management of Parimatch to cash out funds from bookmaker activities, created fictitiously, have no popularity, including on social networks and on the sites themselves, there is no information about the management and contact persons, but only the reverse form of communication.
Among the loan issuing companies are Kachay Grosy and Money4YOU, through which money is also laundered from bookmaker activities.
Nikita Izmaylov is also the owner of several companies , including Money4YOU (OOO “Manifoy”), OOO “Westpoin Invest” and others, which issue loans.
All these offices of “financial companies” are not engaged in anything except money laundering. By the way, one of the founders of Money4YOU (OOO “Manifoy”), together with Izmailov, is Kupchenko Yury Valentinovych – a resident of occupied Donetsk. This is a typical pound, a proxy for pro-Russian terrorist gang groups that hold shares in the “businesses” of Izmailov, Shwindlerman and similar characters.
Nikita Imailov also has a company on the subject, EAT EASY, previously it was a joint business with his wife, but now he is the main shareholder through the Cypriot subsidiary Aloelena Trading Limited. In short, we do not have an investment fund for fintech startups N1, but a set of financial pads for accepting payments and companies issuing loans, as well as a loss-making company for health issues of Nikita Izmailov himself, as well as several ego partners, including Denis Saprykin. The question remains: where are Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, financial regulators, as well as AML and FATF looking? We hope that law enforcement officers will ask Nikita Izmailov the right questions in the near future.
Nikita Izmaylov, the impersonator of Sergei Tyhipko, launders money
How Sergey Tyhypko and his “TasComBank” through a proxy in Ukraine, Nikita Izmailov, and a number of Cypriot companies, together with the Cypriot bookmaker Parimatch, are developing the Sportbank neobank.
Serhiy Tygypko and his TasComBank through a proxy in Ukraine, Nikita Izmailov , and a number of Cypriot companies together with the Cypriot betting company Parimatch are developing the neobank Sportbank. According to the register of intellectual property, Divotek LLC owns the rights to the Sportbank trademark. This same LLC, the director of which is Sportbank CEO Denys Saprykin (former top manager of the bankrupt Mykhailovsky bank), developed, maintains and manages the Sportbank mobile application. According to Youcontrol, the main owners of LLC “Divotek” are the Cypriot company “Bypal Limited” and LLC “TAS ESSET MANAGEMENT” Sergey Tygypko.
The Cypriot company “Bypal Limited” is registered at the same address with a difference of several months, has the same director together with such Cypriot companies as Nirevia Holdings Ltd and Advivo Holdings Ltd. Russian and Ukrainian mass media linked these Cypriot companies with Parimatch bookmaker.
“It follows from the Cypriot registry that Nirevia is connected with Advivo Holdings, which owns a stake in the Parimatch bookmaker,” wrote the Russian Kommersant.
Nikita Izmailov, who, according to him, is the managing partner of BC Parimatch, as well as a co-founder and investor of Sportbank, is linked by the media to dubious payment systems for accepting illegal payments through a network of firms under the “roof” of the Cypriot company N1 Management Company, which allegedly helps FinTech companies market and increase profits.
Nikita Izmailov is also the owner and co-owner of several Ukrainian companies, including those involved in the issuance of credits and loans: Money4YOU (OOO Manifoyu), OOO Westpoint Invest, OOO Smartex Finance and others.
In an interview, he says that investors have already invested $15 million in Sportbank. The main funds in Sportbank come not through Divotek LLC or DT NETWORK LLC, but through the Cypriot companies that own Parimatch.
Thus, the income of LLC “Divotek” in 2020 amounted to UAH 3.6 million, the net profit was only UAH 5.6 thousand. UAH The net profit of LLC “DT NETWORK” amounted to only 15.9 thousand. UAH
Earlier, Nikita Izmailov, according to him, invested about $7 million over 5 years in the failed project on the healthy Eat Easy of his ex-wife Tatiana. According to Tatiana Izmailova on her Instagram, these funds are an investment of Nikita Izmailov ‘s ex-husband from his bookmaker company in Ukraine.
Nikita Izmailov did not declare these funds, that is, he avoided taxation in Ukraine, thereby violating Article 212, Part 3 and Article 205, Part 2, 3 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
Judging by the hundreds of negative reviews on a number of profile resources, the main “business” of Sportbank is the issuance of loans, however, Sportbank is accused of illegally blocking accounts, the impossibility of withdrawing money, etc. Also, Sportbank is accused of “fraud” of positive reviews in Google play and the App Store.
Financiers note that the activities of Sergey Tygypko and his “TasComBank” may be dealt with by foreign law enforcement agencies that fight against the laundering of dirty money of bookmakers, and his bank will probably be interested in the FATF.
