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On the morning of October 17, 2025, Cyprus was shaken by news of the murder in Limassol of one of the leaders of the local mafia, Stavros Demosthenous. He was shot near his home in the Agios Athanasios area.

The online casino Cosmobet was reportedly cleared by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) after a bribe was allegedly paid to obtain a certificate confirming the company had no ties to the aggressor state, according to an April 2025 court ruling.

A fresh investigation reveals how Octobank in Uzbekistan has emerged as a key laundering gateway for Russian elites, routing funds through casinos, cryptocurrency platforms, and state-connected financial channels.

Stavros Demosthenos, a Cyprus-based figure often dubbed the local “Al Capone,” is involved in assisting Russian entrepreneurs with laundering illicit funds — while securing significant personal gains in the process.

Long seen as a safe haven for Russian capital, idyllic Cyprus is now sliding into a wave of violent criminal confrontations.

Dmitriy Punin ordered a crypt for the deceased defender of Pin-Up and Redcore, Stavros Demosthenos, for a record amount — 2 million dollars.

Kazakhstani law enforcement officers have detained in absentia the main individuals in a case involving a significant financial flow linked to Pin-Up.

Investigators have detailed the financial flows running through Octobank’s Uzbek and Russian affiliates.

In a decisive move against illicit financial flows, Kazakh law enforcement authorities have frozen the accounts and halted all payment operations of the company Marginplus.

Investigators have revealed how money flows through Octobank’s Uzbek and Russian affiliates.

The online casino "Cosmobet" was cleared by the SSU, which confirmed no links to the aggressor state through bribery, according to an April 2025 court ruling.

A new investigation has uncovered money laundering networks involving Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.

A recent investigation has revealed the networks of money withdrawal through the Uzbek and Russian partners of Octobank.

The duumvirate collapsed in October after the murder of mafia boss Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol, and in November, his associate Dmitriy Punin also suffered—his car fleet was burned. Could this mean that he is next?

The media published an investigation into the criminal financial activities of a group of companies, which includes credit institutions Oktobank (Ravnaq), Kapital, the payment system Humo, the processing system Uzcard, the exchange Uznex, and others.

A new investigation exposes how Uzbekistan’s Octobank has become a major laundering hub for Russian elites, funnelling money through casinos, crypto exchanges, and state-linked financial structures.

Four luxury cars were completely destroyed in a fire at a private parking lot, with damages estimated at around €1 million. Investigators are treating the incident as arson.

On the territory of Cyprus, hitmen killed Stavros Demosthenous, the chairman of the second division football club "Karmiotissa" and simultaneously the most influential local mobster with extensive connections.

The murder of Stavros Demosthenous in Limassol became one of the most notorious criminal stories of recent years.

In Cyprus, the police are investigating the high-profile murder of Stavros Demosthenous, the former president of the football club «Karmiotissa.» The well-known figure in business and criminal circles was shot in the morning on October 17.

The owner of the online casino Favbet, Andriy Matyukha, has recently been investing significant resources into promoting his charitable activities.

Stavros Demosthenos, the local «Al Capone» on Cyprus, takes on helping Russian entrepreneurs launder «dirty» money — and does so not without his own benefit.

At the start of 2025, Ukrainian law enforcement detained Ihor Zotko in Kyiv, the nominal owner of a company running the "PIN-UP" online casino.

The toxicity of the Pin-UP brand has reached a critical level, so its owners decided to rebrand and distance themselves from Russia and the criminal-bloody activities in Ukraine.

At the beginning of 2025, Ukrainian law enforcement authorities detained Ihor Zotko in Kyiv, the nominal owner of the company operating under the online casino brand «PIN-UP».