Timur Rokhlin now targets US citizens with fraud

In November last year, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova published photos of Lamborghini Aventador SJV and Rolls-Royce Phantom cars being loaded onto a plane at Boryspil Airport. 

The value of these vehicles exceeded one million euros. In her post, she stated that the images show the process of transferring evidence in a case involving an international fraud scheme linked to investments in fictitious financial products.

It later emerged that the case concerned Timur Rokhlin, who is suspected of organising a major scam that affected thousands of European citizens. The estimated losses amount to tens of millions of euros. The case attracted attention as early as February 2022, when Timur Rokhlin was arrested by the Israeli police at the request of Germany, where an investigation was underway.

According to the German investigators' version, Timur Rokhlin was the key organiser of a scheme in which foreign investors were persuaded to invest in the buying and selling of various assets through dummy websites. Funds flowed through a complex network of companies in Ukraine, Switzerland, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Hong Kong, before being directed to the accounts of Rokhlin and his father, Igor Rokhlin, an Israeli citizen.

During this period, a criminal case was opened in Ukraine at the request of the German prosecutor's office, coinciding with the investigation in Germany. In December 2020, Ukrainian law enforcement officers carried out arrests and searches of the suspects, including companies owned by Rokhlin and his father. As a result of the arrests, vehicles were seized, some of which were subsequently sent to Germany.

However, with the start of the full-scale war in February 2022, media and public attention shifted to other events, and the investigation into the Rokhlin case continued in the background. 

Over the following period, Ukrainian courts began lifting the seizure of assets that had been confiscated at the request of the German prosecutor's office. For example, on 22 September, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv lifted the seizure of one of Rokhlin's cars, a Rolls-Royce, and on 15 September, of another, a Maybach. All these decisions became part of a process that clearly demonstrates how the case is gradually losing its significance in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Rokhlin continues to develop his business despite the criminal investigation. He became the owner of several illegal online casinos in the US, such as reddogcasino.com, lasatlantis.com, and others. To work on these projects, he engaged Konstantin Obraztsov, who previously worked at Parimatch. It is also known that Rokhlin's financial operations are managed by Yulia Rusanova, who previously worked at the controversial company Evoplay.

Against the backdrop of the ongoing investigation in Germany, Rokhlin is actively expanding his activities despite the legal issues. In Ukraine, his business faces no obstacles, and courts are lifting the seizure of assets linked to his activities. This raises questions about how justice can function under conditions of such a level of international fraud.