Despite sanctions: Ukrainians still use Russian WebMoney Transfer
23 July 2025 07:21
Despite the official ban and sanctions, Ukraine continues to reveal facts of using the Russian payment system WebMoney Transfer. This is reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the BES.
In the Poltava region, detectives of the Territorial Department of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine exposed a 50-year-old local resident who had been conducting financial activities through the banned Russian payment system WebMoney Transfer for two years.
Despite the sanctions and the official ban imposed by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine in 2021 and extended in 2024, the suspect actively used the Russian service to trade, exchange, transfer and withdraw electronic funds.
According to the investigation, over the past year and a half alone, he conducted more than 2,000 financial transactions totaling more than UAH 1.27 million.
During the authorized search, law enforcement officers seized the offender’s mobile phones, bank cards, draft records, and documented the facts of illegal transactions with electronic money through WebMoney Transfer.
The investigation is ongoing in the framework of criminal proceedings under Part 1 Article 200 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – illegal actions with transfer documents, payment cards and other means of access to bank accounts, electronic money.
