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The Bureau of Economic Security (BEB) continues to investigate criminal case No. 72025001110000049, which concerns the Monolit network. According to the investigation, an organised criminal group led by Kyrylo Pakhomov established a scheme for importing Apple Inc. equipment, other brands, quadcopters, charging devices, and accessories into Ukraine without proper customs clearance.
The sale of goods was carried out through stores and trading structures that are not authorised distributors or resellers of Apple. The operations were not reflected in accounting and tax reporting.
The sale of products took place through the company MONOLIT, the online store mnlt.com, and Telegram channels. The investigation established that payments were accepted in various ways: cash in hryvnia and foreign currency, to bank accounts of individuals and sole proprietors, as well as in cryptocurrency.
A key episode of the investigation is the Tether USDT crypto wallet on the TRC-20 network. According to the investigation, from 5 March 2022 to 14 February 2026, 26.85 million USDT was received into this wallet, which is equivalent to approximately 1.067 billion UAH.
The distribution of receipts by year is as follows:
The officially declared income of Kyrylo Pakhomov from business activities for the period from the third quarter of 2023 to the second quarter of 2025 was only approximately 14.9 million UAH. The main type of activity was data processing and information hosting.
The investigation believes that the significant discrepancy between the declared amounts and the actual receipts to the crypto wallet indicates the presence of undeclared income. The amount of unpaid taxes was estimated at 78.5 million UAH, of which 72.5 million UAH is personal income tax and 6 million UAH is the military levy.
A search was conducted in a non-residential premises at 8 Stepan Bandera Avenue in Kyiv. Three individuals were present during the procedure, who refused to provide passwords to their phones and laptops.
The investigating judge of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court ruled on 10 July to seize part of the seized property, including iPhones, MacBooks, notebooks, and some documents. At the same time, the request to seize the rest of the seized items, including cash, was denied.
Later, the courts granted the prosecutor's request to seize property taken during the search in the office associated with the Monolit network. Dozens of sole proprietor bank cards, over 2,800 sheets of documents, and Apple equipment were seized. Currently, significantly more property from the Kyiv office is under seizure in the case, and the investigation is ongoing.
The Monolit network previously appeared in publications as a supplier of "grey" Apple equipment outside official distribution channels. Kyrylo Pakhomov appears in the case materials as the head of the organised group, and, according to the investigation, over a billion hryvnia passed through the crypto wallet associated with him.
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