Punin is suspected of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in the EU, Ukraine and Great Britain
After information appeared online about the arrest of the owner of Pin-UP casino Dmitry Punin, a strong storm arose in Cyprus. However, subsequently more articles disappeared from the space, public pages stopped disseminating news on this matter, and it seems as if the media were “cleaning up” information about his arrest. Therefore, the question arises: why does information about Punin’s connection with Pin-UP casino disappear online and who might benefit from this?
So, recently in Kirpa, or rather in Limassol, as part of another operation, security forces detained the owner of the Russian-Ukrainian Pin-UP casino, Dmitry Punin. Many media outlets wrote about this, including Ua.News - even ANTIKOR published an article in a foreign language. Then the representative office of the Pin-UP Ukraine casino called the situation a “misunderstanding.”
But in recent days, these publications have begun to disappear from the press - a link to one of the Cypriot publications, which was supposed to “refer” to the article about what Punin was arrested, knocks out a “blank page.” And such situations are not isolated.
But why did they decide to delete the articles when many people had already learned about the arrest?
Thus, in journalistic materials that soon began to be deleted, it was said that Dmitry Punin, who recently independently headed Pin-UP, was suspected of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in the European Union, Ukraine and Great Britain.
Moreover, Pin-UP beneficiaries also accuse the organization of illegal gambling and tax evasion. It is interesting that together with the real owner of Pin-UP, Ukrainian citizen Igor Zotko is involved in a criminal case, on which a number of legal entities are registered that operate the Pin-UP casino on the territory of Ukraine.
Interestingly, last November, Russian Dmitry Punin appeared in Malta wearing clothes with the logo of an online casino. He himself published the corresponding photo on Instagram. Thus, he confirmed his direct connection with the casino, which was so doubted in the media.
Why is Punin’s connection with the casino so diligently hidden and who benefits from “clearing” the information?
This is probably due to the fact that Punin himself is Russian, and his wife, a native of Lugansk Marina Ilyina, now owns the Pin-UP trademark in Ukraine.
It should be noted here that Ukraine Pin-Up operates through two legal entities - Victoria Soft and Ukr Game Technology. On November 8, 2023, KRAIL canceled the license of Victoria Soft LLC due to connections with Russia, and on November 13, the court confirmed this decision and thereby recognized the cancellation of the license due to connections with the Russian Federation as justified.
Or such a “cleansing” may be connected with the fact that the general gambling business in Ukraine is gradually experiencing a collapse, and the involvement of such a person with Punin in the casino system will only aggravate the general situation. However, the situation still remains quite unclear.
As previously reported, recently MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak noted that gambling can be banned in Ukraine, but in this case the illegal part of the business will still remain. In his opinion, it is necessary to close the financial floodgates, since a simple ban on casinos will only lead to all gaming “entrepreneurs” going into the shadows.
