Ekaterina Shukhnina, who calls herself the founder of the Ukrainian academy “Profit Lady,” attracted attention as another scammer promising easy money on cryptocurrency. Promising to teach how to earn $1,000 a week, Shukhnina is actively advertised online, but her proposals raise serious doubts, since she deceives people in a very primitive way.
Despite the stated seven years of experience in the field of cryptocurrencies, legal data suggests that its main business is related to clothing retail, and the sole proprietorship was registered only in 2020. Additionally, no registered Profit Lady Academy exists, and the website associated with the name only appeared in January 2024.
However, Shukhnina, born on August 30, 1999, promises to teach how to make money on crypto and allegedly recently conquered Paris, receiving the most prestigious award from Binance. Moreover, customers complain that the so-called “training courses” are only superficial materials that do not bring the promised profit.
It also talks about Mrs. Shukhnina’s self-praise, and her earnings are not confirmed by anything (including the purchase of expensive cars and real estate). The contract also clearly states that the “Contractor” is not responsible for the level of mastery of the material.
"11.4. The Contractor is solely responsible for the volume of Services provided to the Customer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Contractor is not responsible for the level of ability of the Customer to perceive the material skills. The Customer understands and agrees that by using the Services, he can obtain information that is subjective and evaluative,” wrote individual entrepreneur Ekaterina Sergeevna Shukhnina in the agreement (offer).
That is, when a client is ready to pay money, then in return he agrees to hear abstract information on crypto, which will in no way help him earn $1,000 or more a week.
It is interesting that individual entrepreneur Shukhnina Ekaterina Sergeevna (TIN 3640102048) main activity is “47.71 Retail sale of clothing in specialized stores.” The status of a sole proprietor was registered on March 10, 2020, which means that seven years of experience in cryptocurrency is out of the question.
Ekaterina Shukhnina also calls herself the founder of the Ukrainian Profit Lady Academy, but in fact such an academy does not exist legally, physically, or even has any pages on social networks. However, the website “profit-lady.com” was registered in January 2024, where registration for courses is carried out.
In total, all this speaks of primitive fraud. By the way, “Profit Lady” is just another scam by Shukhnina. Previously, it positioned itself as “katia.crypto”, but in January 2023 it abandoned developing this direction. “katia.crypto” status scams simply stopped generating income from the defrauded “suckers,” and that’s why a year later a new scam called “Profit Lady” appeared, the message says.
In addition, the agreement states that payment for services can be made not only to Shukhnina’s account, but also to the accounts of third parties, which may indicate tax evasion and outright fraud.
Therefore, Mosiychuk called on law enforcement officers, in particular the Bureau of Economic Security, to pay attention to this person. The Offer states that the Contractor (individual entrepreneur Shukhnina Ekaterina Sergeevna - 2 groups at a rate of 20% from 04/01/2020) enters into agreements with Customers, who, according to the current legislation, must pay for services to her as an individual entrepreneur in accordance with these agreements. However, clause 5.2. indicates the following: “The Customer can pay for the Contractor’s Services non-cash by transferring funds to the bank account of the Contractor and/or a third party.”
When concluding an Agreement with a sole proprietor Shukhnina K.S. with subsequent payment to the accounts of third parties - this is fraud due to tax evasion and direct deception of customers, who, if they request a refund, will not be able to return them.
Let us recall that the famous young crypto fraudster Alexander Orlovsky positions himself as the founder of the FFA Academy, which has taught more than 15 thousand people to earn from scratch $1,500 per month thanks to the author’s “FreeFall” method. However, in fact, legally, no FFA academy (Financial Freedom Academy) exists and has never existed - neither in Ukraine, nor in Poland, nor in any other country in the world.
Crypto fraudster Alexander Orlovsky and his accomplices face 5 to 12 years in prison for crypto fraud and scams.
