Artem Lyashanov tries to hide information about his past

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.