Law enforcers did not take measures to revoke online casino license: details of the case of KRAIL head
Kyiv • UNN
The head of the Gambling Regulatory Commission was detained for aiding the Russian Federation through online casinos. During the searches, documents, equipment, drugs and funds were seized.
The head of the KRAIL, Ivan Rudyi, was detained on suspicion of supporting the activities of an online casino in Ukraine, the owners of which are Russians, as well as for the illegal possession of drugs. This is reported by UNN with reference to the State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Under the procedural guidance of prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, within the framework of the investigation in the criminal proceedings on the illegal operation of an online casino on the territory of Ukraine, the actual owners of which are citizens of the Russian Federation, the head of the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries (KRAIL) was detained.
According to the investigation, the head of the KRAIL, in accordance with his duties, had to ensure state regulation of activities in the field of organization and conduct of gambling and lotteries. In particular, not to allow persons associated with the aggressor state to engage in such activities. However, due to his actions, representatives of a commercial structure associated with the Russian Federation received a license to organize online gambling and assisted the aggressor state.
"Subsequently, the detainee, having received information from a number of state bodies about the connection of the commercial structure with the aggressor state, deliberately did not take measures to deprive the relevant license, ensuring the continuation of the online casino's activities," the Office of the Prosecutor General emphasized.
Currently, law enforcement officers have conducted searches at his places of residence, work and in vehicles, seized flash drives, draft records, and other documents, laptops, phones, drugs, and cash.
The issue of notifying him of suspicion of aiding the aggressor state and illegal possession of a large amount of drugs without the purpose of sale (Part 1 of Article 111-2, Part 2 of Article 309 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), as well as the choice of a preventive measure, is being resolved.
Previously
The source UNN reported that the head of the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries, Ivan Rudyi, would soon be notified of suspicion under the articles "Aiding the aggressor state" and "Illegal production, manufacture, acquisition, storage, transportation or shipment of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues without the purpose of sale".
In court, they will ask for a preventive measure for Ivan Rudyi, the head of the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries, in the form of detention.
The KRAIL refused to comment on Rudyi's detention.
Recall
Earlier, prosecutors notified five persons - the organizers of the online casino Pin-Up, the owners of which are citizens of the Russian Federation, of suspicion of aiding the aggressor state (Part 1 of Article 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). More than UAH 2.6 billion in the accounts of companies engaged in the organization of online casino activities have been seized and transferred to the management of the Asset Recovery and Management Agency.
Add
UNN drew attention to the inaction of KRAIL in the context of another Russian casino 1Xbet, which tried to operate in Ukraine through LLC "Your Betting Company" and to which KRAIL issued a license. Then the Commission stubbornly did not see Russian ties.
And only after the personal intervention of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Bureau of Economic Security, they finally canceled the permits for work in Ukraine.
In 2023, 1Xbet came under sanctions.
