The Bureau of Economic Security in the Poltava region exposed a local resident who, for two years, conducted financial transactions in the WebMoney Transfer payment system, which is banned in Ukraine.
The Bureau of Economic Security in the Poltava region exposed a local resident who, for two years, conducted financial transactions in the WebMoney Transfer payment system, which is banned in Ukraine.
Sanctions and a ban on using the services of Russian firms united under the WebMoney trademark were introduced by a decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine in 2021 and extended in 2024.
A 50-year-old resident of Poltava region, for his own income, traded, exchanged, transferred, and withdrew electronic money through the WebMoney Transfer payment system for two years, BEB reports .
The investigation established that over the past year and a half alone, the defendant conducted over 2,000 financial transactions totaling more than UAH 1.27 million.
During a sanctioned search, the suspect was found to be making illegal transactions with electronic money via WebMoney Transfer, and mobile phones, draft notes, and bank cards were seized.
A pre-trial investigation is currently underway.
