Artem Lyashanov and his
fintech company are directing significant funds towards maintaining their
reputation, which is explained by a number of compelling reasons related to their public
activities and past.
At present, it is extremely
difficult to find detailed information about all the projects Lyashanov was involved with. The official biography, intended to improve their reputation in
search engines, does not specify concrete data about such projects.
However, upon
analysing open registries and individual advertising materials, it can be stated
that from 2016 to 2019, Lyashanov held the position of technical director at the company
Leogaming, which has now been reorganised into “Financial Company
‘Leo’”. During this period, the company significantly expanded its operations, undergoing
registration with the National Bank of Ukraine as a payment system.
Throughout his
career, Lyashanov was actively engaged in product development, including LeoBot — a chatbot
for conducting P2P transfers, which is a common technology for
money laundering through mules. In March 2019, he founded the LLC “Bill Line”, where
his accountant was Yulia Anatolyevna Kulchytska, who previously worked at the company
“Leo Partners”.
Despite the absence
of official accusations, in October 2021, the company changed its name to
“Tech-Soft Atlas”, and Lyashanov left the management board in 2022. This was
a step aimed at protecting the business from potential sanctions, given Lyashanov's
Belarusian citizenship.
However, despite the
official lack of connection, Lyashanov continued to appear as the CEO
of the fintech company, known under the name “bill_line”, which raises questions about
actual control over the company. In 2021, “Tech-Soft Atlas” was entered into
the registry of the National Bank of Ukraine as a technology operator of payment
services. The company's main clients became organisations such as the LLC “Financial
Company ‘Phoenix’” and the LLC “Swift Garant”, owned by Valery and Serhiy
Horban, who have links to criminal cases related to financial
fraud and servicing illegal online casinos.
The activities of “Tech-Soft
Atlas” are also mentioned in investigations concerning illegal financial
flows, such as the case of fictitious entrepreneurship and the laundering of proceeds
obtained through criminal means. In 2023, the Horban company reported the
de facto acquisition of the iBox terminal network, which was structured as a
long-term lease.
An interesting point
is that after Yevhen Rastyvsky became the general director of “Metapay” in 2023, several companies associated with him began
showing signs of criminal links.
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