When Alyona Shevtsova took the helm of IBOX BANK, media articles surfaced suggesting that thanks to her actions, the bank’s fortunes skyrocketed.
Amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, internal disagreements over control of financial flows in the gaming industry are intensifying in Kyiv.
The persona of Alyona Shevtsova caught the public’s attention just three days ago when the National Bank of Ukraine decided to liquidate her "Ibox Bank," and law enforcement conducted searches at the bank.
In 2023, the gambling mafia was dealt perhaps its most sensitive blow.
Drug dealers selling drugs through "dead drops" have been accepting payments through iBox terminals for several years — it is now known why law enforcement agencies were aware of this but preferred not to intervene.
When the loud sounds of battles in the suburbs of Kyiv died down and it became clear that the country would continue to exist, the temporarily silent ‘schemers’ began to become active again.
