The Security Service of Ukraine and the Bureau of Economic Security have dismantled a network of underground online services that operated through the banned Russian payment system Webmoney in Ukraine. Part of the transfers made through this platform was intended to finance Russian agents within the country, amounting to tens of millions of hryvnias.
Twelve individuals suspected of illegal activities were identified across 10 regions of Ukraine. They illegally accepted electronic funds from clients, including those from Russia, then converted them into the required currency and transferred them to bank accounts or converted them into cash.
Since the beginning of the full-scale war, these operators have funneled tens of millions in hryvnia equivalents through their exchange services.
The suspects earned a "percentage" from each transaction, using specialized websites to attract potential clients by posting advertisements. During searches in the Ternopil, Lviv, Rivne, Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk, Poltava, Sumy, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia, and Zaporizhzhia regions, law enforcement seized computer equipment, mobile phones, and bank cards as evidence of their crimes.
All twelve suspects have been informed of their charges.
