Russian authorities reportedly move from Royal Partners to its partners after raids and CEO detention

Russian law enforcement has reportedly started contacting Royal Partners’ partners after searches, the seizure of servers and office equipment, and the detention of the company’s CEO. For high-risk payment teams, the key point is simple: once authorities get access to internal infrastructure and payout records, the partner network becomes the next map they follow.

1. According to the source, officers seized servers, other office equipment, and company documentation, and found “thousands” of prepared criminal case files on contractors. The report says investigators are now working through the largest chains first, with people from major arbitrage teams being taken in for questioning, visits made to buyers, and searches carried out.
2. The same source says smaller affiliates should also expect scrutiny. That matters because the process described here is not about one company alone: it is about tracing commercial ties outward from the main target to the people who received money, traffic, or services through it.
3. Partners who were paid in cryptocurrency and via p2p transfers are also under attention, with the source saying that reconstructing transaction chains was not difficult once an internal database was available. In practice, that is the part that should make PSPs and payment teams pay attention: internal ledgers, payout logs, and customer databases turn a raid into a transaction-mapping exercise.
4. The report also says tax authorities may follow, with back taxes and penalties on the table. If that happens, the exposure is no longer just criminal or operational; it becomes a recordkeeping problem, with settlement trails and payout documentation becoming evidence.
5. One more issue in the source is unpaid customer balances, including amounts as small as $1,000, with attempts to ask about payouts reportedly met with dismissal. The report adds that some workers say all server-side information could have been wiped with a single action, but that did not happen, and there is also speculation in the source about a possible deal in exchange for a pause in pressure.