Founder of Russia’s illegal online casino Azino777 identified
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Ukraine’s National Police has identified the person, Albert Valiakhmetov, a 33-year-old citizen of Naberezhnye Chelny, who founded Russia’s largest illegal online casino Azino777. The police will initiate criminal action against him, as his website is prohibited and formally blocked by Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media). According to media reports, before 2013, Valiakhmetov lived in his native city and shared apartment with his parents and sister. In 2013, he became a frequent visitor of Kazan and Kyiv. In summer, RBK reported about ties between Azino777 and Ukraine’s Lucky Labs that had been founded by Russian citizens Sergey Tokarev and Rustam Gilfanov. The former partner and Ukrainian entrepreneur Maksim Polyakov allegedly accused them of owning the online casino. In 2013, Azino domen name was registered in ru-zone.
It is said that Azino name has nothing in common with “casino”, but refers to a Kazan’s bedroom district.
When he launched the casino’s promotional campaign, Valiakhmetov deleted all of his social network profiles. Reporters did not manage to find data on his and his relatives’ employment. In January 2019, the Federal Tax Service prohibited banks to transfer payments to Azino. Victory777 registered in Curaçao became the only party in respect of which there’s data on organisation of gambling games which contradicts the law of the Russian Federation.
Azino777 is one of the largest advertising customers in the Russian segment of the Internet, notes Vedomosti. Annual stake volume is estimated at 15 billion rubles ($228 million).
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