The pro-Russian bookmaker 1xBet, which has not yet been deprived of its license to operate in Ukraine, could obtain a license in Ukraine to collect personal data of Ukrainians and subsequently recruit them to the FSB.
KYIV. UkrineGate. 24. July . 2022 | Ukraine News
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The pro-Russian bookmaker 1xBet received a license for bookmaking activities and the operation of the online casino of the company “Your Betting Company” at the end of March this year. The Law “On State Regulation of Activities Regarding the Organization and Conduct of Gambling Games” in Art. 16 requires operators to “ensure the identification of the player(s) and the visitor(s) in accordance with the procedure established by this Law, in the gaming establishment and the identification of the player(s) during activities on the Internet.” And already in Art. 17 indicates that “for the purpose of identification (verification, data establishment) of a player on the Internet, the organizer of gambling games has the right to request additional documents from the player in accordance with the rules of the organizer of gambling games, in particular, the player’s own image with the necessary document, or to require the use of video communication means “.
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“There is a high probability that 1XBet wants personal data of Ukrainians and direct access to players more than money. Gambling is a risk. People lose money. Often – big money. Having a database of people with major financial problems, it is very easy to recruit agents on the ground and use them for the needs of the General Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU) and the FSB,” InformNapalm reported.
According to the media, the lobbyist for issuing the 1xBet license was Borys Baum, an adviser to the deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyryll Tymoshenko. Baum allegedly oversees the gambling business in Ukraine and is closely connected with Russian business and a major Russian politician – the deputy chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and Putin’s special representative Oleksandr Babakov.
After the scandal in Ukrainian society, which arose after the decision of KRAIL to issue a license to a Russian bookmaker, Boris Baum publicly began to defend 1xBet .
Source: Ukrgate
