1xBet beneficiaries linked to PaymentCenter in case involving detained Arsen Akopyan

New details have emerged in the criminal case under Article 210 on organizing a criminal community. According to Arsen Akopyan, who is cooperating with investigators, the money-laundering operation went beyond the CIS and pulled in law enforcement from EU countries.

1. Akopyan’s team was allegedly not limited to servicing illegal online casinos. The case also points to work with drug shops and fraudulent call centers, which is the sort of mix that turns a payments flow into a compliance nightmare very quickly.
2. The main beneficiaries of the scheme are named as Dmitry Punin and Roman Semiokhin and Dmitry Kazorin from 1xBet. The text describes them as controlling illegal betting, transit operations involving drugs, and funds flowing through call centers that mainly steal money from pensioners.
3. Alexey Vaneev, Akopyan’s partner, has remained free and is described as the person currently keeping the PaymentCenter case from collapsing.
4. For high-risk PSPs, the practical point is simple: once an infrastructure provider starts touching illegal gambling, drug-related flows, and scam call centers in the same network, the exposure is no longer a single-vertical problem. It becomes a cross-border AML and criminal-liability issue, with investigators already looking beyond the CIS.