Money laundering and tax evasion: Why do financial frauds go unpunished for the owner of “Bill Line” Artem Lyashanov?
26.10.2024 19:10
The CEO of the payment system Bill_line and the actual owner ofLLC “Tech-Soft Atlas” (until October 2021, LLC "Bill Line") Belarusian Lyashanov Artem and his company are involved in a criminal investigation regarding money laundering using several payment systems and banks.
As noted in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions, the company LLC "Bill Line" ("Tech-Soft Atlas") and its management have been involved in a criminal proceeding No. 42021100000000283 since July 2021.
The court materials also mention a number of LLCs and banks used for money laundering, as a result of which the budget, according to the investigation, did not receive 11 million UAH in profit taxes.
After the initiation of the criminal case, in October 2021, LLC "Bill Line" changed its name to "Tech-Soft Atlas," while retaining the TM Bill_line.
In July 2022, due to his Belarusian citizenship, the risks of falling under sanctions, and the criminal case, Artem Lyashanov formally transferred the company to the ownership and management of Andriy Morhun. However, in media publications for 2023-2024, Artem Lyashanov is mentioned as the CEO of the payment system bill_line, i.e., the real head, proving the inconsistency of the change in leadership and ownership.
The owner of TM Bill_line is still Artem Lyashanov.
At the same time, the criminal case involving LLC "Bill Line" and its management is still not closed, and the case materials are in court. This information was confirmed by a source in the prosecutor’s office, adding that at present, repeated arrests of the accounts of the company "Tech-Soft Atlas" and the detention of its leaders, in particular Andriy Morhun and Oksana Kireyeva, who were aware of the frauds, are not ruled out.
Photo of Oksana Kireyeva. Source linkedin.com
It is also worth noting that Artem Lyashanov was detained by Kyiv police in 2017 for driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
In 2018, the courtfound him guilty under Article 130 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses.
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