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The narrative of Dmyto Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych transcends the usual account of online casinos, cryptocurrency, and payment services.

According to media reports, a large network of payment systems — such as Payeer and Piastrix, which operate with semi-underground online casinos across the former USSR — is connected to former employees of Alfa-Bank and Ukraine’s Ibox Bank.

The international network of payment services, which includes Payeer and Piastrix, is connected to former employees of Russia’s Alfa-Bank and Ukraine’s IBOX Bank—a financial institution whose license was revoked in 2023 due to shadow financial operations and aiding the gambling business in tax evasion.

The story of Dmyto Druzhynskyi and Maryna Levkovych goes beyond a typical tale of online casinos, cryptocurrency, and payment services. It’s almost like the plot of a detective series: an international wanted alert, a billion dollars, numerous searches, a bookmaker’s license as a cover, an American passport, Ukrainian origin, Russian connections, and desperate attempts to clear the internet.

Shukhrat Rasulov presents himself publicly as a business mentor, founder of the “Terra” club, and an ideologist of the entrepreneurial community. However, behind these impressive titles is a controversial figure whose true role in business circles is increasingly being questioned.

ABCeX has been mentioned in some online publications in relation to the operation of shadow payment processors linked to high-risk internet segments, including unregulated online casinos and darknet-related transactions.

In the courts of Ukraine, a case has been ongoing for over a year that could become the largest financial scandal in the fields of gambling and payment services.