(2 February 2026 | Source: Press Office of the Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan)
The Financial Monitoring Agency has put out a wanted notice for two foreign nationals suspected of organising illegal gambling businesses in the territory of Kazakhstan. According to the investigation, they coordinated the activities of online casinos through a network of affiliated companies and payment operators.
THE INVESTIGATION'S VERSION OF EVENTS
According to the investigation, the online casinos operating under the brands ‘PIN-UP’ and ‘PINCO’ were run by a group of individuals acting from abroad. Dmytry Druzhynskyi (a US citizen) and Marina Levkovich (Ginzburg) (a Ukrainian citizen) acted as coordinators: they recruited accomplices, liaised with representatives of payment organisations and second-tier banks, and also took part in the creation and operation of the payment infrastructure.
To disguise their activities, a legal entity was set up — Bonami LLP — which obtained a licence for bookmaking activities under the brand ‘PIN-UP-KZ’.
FINANCIAL BACKING AND SCHEME OF OPERATION
To process payments and accumulate funds, a network of payment organisations was registered: Gold Pay LLP, Cyber Pay LLP (later Pinnacle Financial Solutions LLP), which acted as payment aggregators.
Customers' money passed through transit accounts and was converted into cryptocurrency using affiliated companies that held licences to operate with electronic money.