Payment system funded terrorism

On suspicion of financing terrorism, the accounts of payment system E-Pay at the "All-Ukrainian Bank for Development" have been frozen. The relevant court ruling was obtained before the New Year.

The investigation claims that employees of the payment system, through four dozen individuals residing in the territory not under Ukraine's control, registered as entrepreneurs with the tax authorities of the DPR from May 2014 until the beginning of this year, ensured the servicing of the company's terminals, which allowed militants to easily transfer funds to cards, as well as top up mobile phones.

A few days before SBU investigators went to court to seek the freezing of the accounts, the National Bank announced the liquidation of the "VBR" bank.

The investigation is ongoing.