Interpol reportedly found Mellstroy in Cyprus at Kazakhstan’s request

Andrey Burim, better known as Mellstroy, said in a Telegram video that Cypriot police located him at Kazakhstan’s request, with Interpol involved, before deleting the clip an hour later. For high-risk payment teams, the interesting part is not the celebrity drama; it is the cross-border enforcement angle around a figure tied to gambling audiences and already wanted in multiple jurisdictions.

1. In his deleted video, Burim said police in Cyprus found him on Kazakhstan’s request and with Interpol’s involvement. The video was removed an hour later, so there is no public official confirmation in the source.
2. The source says Burim has criminal cases in Russia and Belarus, and Kazakhstan put him on international wanted lists almost a year ago. That makes him a live name for any PSP or acquirer that tracks exposure to high-risk media, gambling, and crypto-adjacent traffic.
3. The source also says he had recently been hiding in South Cyprus, though other reports pointed to unrecognized Northern Cyprus. If the second version is correct, the source adds, Northern Cyprus extradites criminals to Kazakhstan. That is the kind of jurisdictional wrinkle compliance teams tend to care about, because it can change the practical risk of onboarding or continuing to serve related flows.
4. Meanwhile, casino chat groups linked to Mellstroy are in panic mode, with fans trying to figure out what happened. That part matters only insofar as it shows the name still moves traffic in gambling communities, even when the man himself is off the radar.

There is one catch: the source itself flags that none of this has official confirmation, and the Telegram clip could simply be another attention grab. Until a law enforcement statement appears, this sits in the category of “interesting for monitoring,” not “actionable for policy.”