Dmitry Punin arrested in Limassol, Igor Zotko refused to comment
In Cyprus, the fight against the laundering of bloody Russian billions, against illegal gambling, as well as an attempt to legalise war criminals in the EU continues. As part of the next operation of the security forces , the owner of the Russian-Ukrainian casino Pin-UP Dmitry Punin was detained, and Ukrainian citizen Igor Zotko is also involved in the criminal case, the Greek news agency Linenet Greece reports with reference to Cypriot journalists from TrinityBugle. The information was confirmed in Pin-UP Ukraine, calling the incident a misunderstanding.
The owner of the Russian casino chain Pin-UP Dmitry Punin was detained yesterday by law enforcement officers in the capital of Cyprus, Limassol. Citizen of the Russian Federation Dmitry Gennadyevich Punin is accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars on the territory of the European Union, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. The beneficiary of Pin-UP Dmitry Punin is also charged with the organisation of illegal gambling and tax evasion. Together with the real owner of Pin-UP, a citizen of Ukraine Igor Zotko is involved in the criminal case, which includes a number of legal entities operating in the Pin-UP casino in Ukraine.
Full Pin-UP: how Igor Zotko and Dmitry Punin are connected
Earlier it was reported that the Russian owner of Pin-UP Dmitry Punin buys real estate in Cyprus. Punin headed Pin-UP on his own until recently. Then he handed over this post to his wife, Marina Ilyina, a native of Lugansk. Ilyina owns the Pin-UP trademark in Ukraine. Punin himself was born in Russia, where he finished his education and built a business. In recent years, he moved to Cyprus, where he bought a local football team and in early 2023 appointed former captain of the Russian national team Alexander Kerzhakov as the coach. After a number of scandalous publications, iconic football players left Dmitry Punin’s football club.
FC himself was suspected FC Karmiotissa was suspected of playing on the office (contractual matches). Dmitry Punin hastily sold FC Karmiotissa at the end of last year. However, the sale was fictitious. Well, last summer, former Belorussian coach Alexander Khatskevich said that while working in Cyprus Karmiotossi, he was persuaded to practice fixed matches.
It should be noted that the other day in Ukraine it is expected to decide on the revocation of the license from Pin-UP in Ukraine, as well as the opening of criminal proceedings against Igor Zotko. Igor Zotko himself refused to comment on our publication, citing the secret of the investigation. Dmitry Punin’s lawyer called the detention of his client a witch hunt. It is interesting that Dmitry Punin and Igor Zotko have one human rights activist. According to Punin’s Defence, the client denies all the accusations, and also does not consider himself a Russian since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
We would like to remind you that Dmitry Punin is the wallet of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and Igor Zotko is a special illegal business of Russians in Ukraine and the EU. And finally: 3 out of 4 Pin-Up beneficiaries have passports of Russian citizens. The only Ukrainian who works for Russians is Igor Zotko.
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