Bulgaria extradites alleged organizer of payment service for BetWinner, 1xSlots, 22Bet, 777Royalty and FXBet to Israel

On 07 May 2026, Bulgarian border police flagged a passport scan at the Turkey-Bulgaria border with a Red Notice from the Interpol database, and the holder was later extradited to Israel. For high-risk payments people, the important part is simple: the case ties together payment facilitation, nominee companies, Israeli bank accounts, and iGaming/financial gambling flows.

1. According to the Israeli prosecution, the detained man was Boris Alyushin, identified as the organizer of a payment service used for iGaming products including BetWinner, 1xSlots, 22Bet, 777Royalty, and the financial gambling product FXBet.
2. The extradition followed an identification at the border crossing between Turkey and Bulgaria, where a Bulgarian border police officer saw the Interpol Red Notice on the screen during passport scanning. After that, additional documents arrived from Israel.
3. Israeli authorities say the case is part of an operation codenamed "Russian Illusion", launched 7 years ago by Lahav 433, the elite Israeli police unit. The operation reportedly targeted a group of 4 people in total, with Alyushin described as leading the group.
4. The prosecution says that since 2016 the group helped players from Israel make deposits using shell companies and accounts at Israeli banks Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, and Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot. That is the detail PSPs will care about: not just merchant names, but the banking rails and account structures used underneath them.
5. The charges listed against the suspects include organizing and running gambling, aggravated fraud, several tax-related offenses, and money laundering of criminal proceeds.