Clumsy attempts to silence his ties with online casinos and Russia: What is the new owner of the “Ukraine” hotel, Maksym Krippa, hiding
24.09.2024 11:10
What is known about Maksym Krippa’s connections with the IT company Evoplay and the casino GGBet?
The privatization of the "Ukraina" hotel, located on the Alley of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred in Kyiv, attracted huge interest and is not only due to the substantial amount raised for it - 2.5 billion UAH. First of all, the deal drew attention because it became another and so far the most expensive real estate purchase by one of the most private but discussed Ukrainian businessmen – Maksym Krippa.
This time, the entrepreneur broke his silence and answered some questions from Forbes-Ukraine, in particular, rejecting rumors about his involvement with the IT company Evoplay, as well as the gambling operators GGBet and "Vulkan." However, as "Komentari" found out, Maksym Krippa could, to put it mildly, have kept silent about some circumstances that caused these rumors and didn’t directly refute them.
For instance, although Evoplay IT company tries to position itself as a developer of online games, in reality, its "gaming" products represent games or "slots" for online casino slot machines. But there’s something even more interesting.
As stated in the representative of the applicant for registering the trademark MAINCAST for LLC "Meyncast." The latter officially organizes eSports tournaments and belongs to the company MAINCAST LIMITED, registered on the island of Cyprus, and according to data from the YouControl service, is 100% owned by Maksym Krippa.
Why two out of three firms, which supposedly do not belong to the businessman, trust the same person to represent their interests in trademark registration in Ukraine, who also does it for Krippa himself, and moreover, a foreigner — the buyer of the "Ukraina" hotel remained silent.
Additionally, Blackbox Osint provides a screenshot from the GetContact service in which Maksym Krippa is allegedly listed as "Krippa Maksym Volodymyrovych Evoplay."
When registering its trademark for the online casino "Vulkan," they acted more wisely - another person became the representative. The casino operates under the trademark VULKAN CASINO under the license of is another Cypriot company - ONE WORLD SECRETARIAL LIMITED. And surprisingly, the director of the latter is the same Theodoros Theodorou, for whom Krippa himself worked as a director 5 years before, and who later left the future owner of the online casino "Vulkan."
As a result, it looks like despite Maksym Krippa’s statements, his LLC "Meyncast" is indeed connected with Evoplay, GGBet, and "Vulkan" through the figures of Sandra Rodriguez and Theodoros Theodorou.
However, Maksym Krippa did not wish to explain or refute these connections and the related questions in his answers to Forbes-Ukraine in detail.
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