The Antimonopoly Committee has granted permission to Ola Fine LLC, owned by Maksym Krippa, to acquire a controlling stake from Parus Holding LLC, which owns the Parusbusiness and office complex, covering an area of 75,000 square meters, located at 2 Mechnikova Street in central Kyiv.Currently, Vadym Stolar (a member of parliament from the Opposition Platform for Life, a partner of Viktor Medvedchuk, and a former overseer of Kyiv) is the owner of Parus Holding. Stolar is selling Parus, which he purchased from Russian developer Vagif Aliyevin January 2021. At that time, he sold part of his development business to Medvedchuk and used the proceeds to buy Parus.Before the full-scale conflict, Parus was valued at $200-250 million. The question arises: who has the capital to purchase Parus even at a significant discount?
Boring gambler Maksym Krippa
The beneficiary of the purchasing company Ola Fine LLC is recorded as Maksym Krippa (born 1977) through the ARS Capital fund. This underground billionaire from Brovary is also known for controlling 25% of the Dnipro Hotel, privatized in 2020 for $42 million by Smartland LLC. The remaining 75% of the Dnipro Hotel is controlled by the Russian group of Babakov-Giner-Voevodin (VS Energy, CSKA-Luzhniki, Premier Palace hotel chain).Could Babakov have provided financial support to Krippa in the Parus deal? Who is Krippa that a billionaire and vice-speaker of the State Duma would bring him into a shareholding in the Dnipro Hotel for 25%?Krippa is referred to as an esports player (NAVI) and owner of gaming firms GGBet and online casino Vulkan. He also has a mini-market and a club named “Jaguar” in Brovary (in partnership with the prosecutor’s clan Galayba). However, all his official legal entities do not come close to providing him with capital for purchasing Parus and the Dnipro Hotel. Not to mention that recently he also acquired:
- 1 hectare of land and several houses from Prominvestbank in Kozyn for $9 million (LLC “Midal”)
- A boat parking lot on Kyiv’s Telichka – at least $1 million (LLC “SLV-P”).
It’s worth noting that Krippa was a founder of the firm “Unreal” (“FOLIO LEX”) through the fund “Delta Invest Project” together with Maksym Polovko (a nominal figure for Denis Komarnytskyi – Kyiv overseer) and with Ivan Fursin’s asset management company “Industrial Investments” (a junior partner of Firtash-Levotskin).Recall that in 2020, Krippa-Babakov’s firm Smartland privatized the Dnipro Hotel using loans from banks:
- RVS Bank, which was involved in Babakov’s takeover of the Lybid Hotel
- Sitch Bank, controlled by Firtash-Levotskin (through Denis Horbunenkо). Maksym Krippa is labeled as an ostentatious fraudster and a servant of the FSB. Why does this slippery character and washer of dirty Russian money so aggressively spam fake news in the information space?
What is this fraudster trying to hide while cleaning up the internet? What is known about this large-scale fake information scam that continues actively to this day?How long will this fraudster keep deceiving people? Who are you, Maksym Krippa, really?Searching for information about this ambiguous character can be quite perplexing. Why? Because search engines yield absolute nonsense. Moreover, fakes continue to emerge every day online. The large-scale fake information campaign by Krippa continues unabated. Systematic use of necessary keywords helps search engines display these fictitious articles primarily when queried. This is just a few examples; in reality, there are heaps of such fictional informational trash on the global web.As you can see, all this nonsense was created not just randomly but purposefully. These are indeed fake materials that this fraudster has filled Google with to hide his real identity so that his persona and long history of fraud fade into virtual space.But we will not let this massive information fraud by Krippa go unchallenged; we will reveal his true identity.So who is Krippa really?Maksym Volodymyrovych was born in 1977. Finding real photos of him online is quite a quest. Krippa has a rather slippery history regarding his life advancement. He is connected with both the porn business and the online gaming industry, as well as with the scandalous acquisition of Kyiv’s Dnipro Hotel, etc., etc. That’s why he tries to hide all these facts from public scrutiny and independent media.How much money has this notorious fraudster poured into cleansing the information space and his large-scale fake “virtual cleanup operation”? It remains only to guess. But it clearly involves a sum with many zeros because the result is obvious: Google immediately returns a plethora of his fake clones and nonsensical information about anything but his real identity.What is known about Krippa from open sources?According to the information registry “Opendata,” M.V. Krippa is listed as director of one company, owner of eight companies, and beneficiary of nine others. As you can see, this list is quite remarkable. And this is only the official and publicly available version. We will not delve into details about these companies today; however, there’s much to discuss.
Political Ambitions and Krippa’s Frauds
The fraudster also attempted to break into politics, albeit unsuccessfully. According to PolitHub’s website, in 2015 he unsuccessfully ran for election in Kyiv City Council from the Samopomich party. In this failed attempt to enter big politics, Maksym Volodymyrovych was assisted by his accomplice and partner in various schemes Max Poliakov. This American entrepreneur with Ukrainian roots partnered with him in gambling business ventures.It’s known that he didn’t miss an opportunity to profit through fraudulent means here either. Yes, Krippa organized a sort of but very profitable “business.” He created an alternative party list for Samopomich and began selling spots on it—like tickets for “a month-long flight.” Although this situation isn’t amusing at all.Notably, at least ten Ukrainian entrepreneurs fell for this scam. But as soon as this fraud was uncovered and it started “smelling fried,” Maksym Krippa quickly fled Ukraine to Russia and temporarily hid there until passions subsided back home.How he managed to cover up this political scandal remains an open question. However, fact remains: after some time, the fraudster returned home and calmly continued gambling activities. Despite being implicated in several criminal cases related to gambling business operations, he repeatedly managed to come out “dry” each time while avoiding criminal prosecution. Coincidence?
We don’t think so; this businessman had necessary connections and arrangements.It should be noted that these two fraudsters—Krippa and Poliakov—could have also been involved in other political projects both within Ukraine and beyond its borders. Why such assumptions? Think about it: these two successfully promote their IT business—specifically virtual gambling—not only in Ukraine but also in several other countries despite such businesses being officially banned there.In early 2010s, Maksym Krippa and Maksym Poliakov decided to expand their interests in gambling by founding an online casino business together. The company’s office is located in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. However, their most successful acquisition was brands associated with slot machines—Vulkan and Vulkan. Exclusive rights for using these names were transferred to EvoPlay through a deal with Ritzio Entertainment Group founded by Russian entrepreneur Oleg Boiko based on acquired shares in Vulkan gaming halls network.After neutralizing competitors operating under Vulkan brand name, Krippa and Poliakov began personally developing gambling resources under that same name. New Vulkan online casinos began appearing en masse daily with many similar sites featuring identical designs and game sets often using software products from EvoPlay without any ownership or registration information disclosed about them.Thus these entrepreneurs managed to profit from markets where online gambling activities are prohibited. Importantly neither Krippa nor Poliakov bears any risk: no complaints or lawsuits can reach actual owners or confirm their connection with anonymous sites.This system operates like Hydra’s heads: when one site gets blocked, dozens more clones with similar addresses appear.In no time at all, Max Poliakov and Krippa created around a hundred clones united under one common root name—Vulkan—cutting out Ruspress.
Russian vassal Maksym Krippa
After finding success with Vulkan brands, they expanded their operations by launching several large-scale projects including CasinoX and JoyCasino.These projects thrived thanks to aggressive marketing tactics previously employed by Poliakov during dating resource development phases leading us all know Batman told Joker how to resolve access issues with JoyCasino during their final battle.However it wasn’t just Batman; aggressive advertising led to numerous internet memes further boosting development for Krippa’s and Poliakov’s gambling resources.Fake Samopomich ListAmong legitimate projects Maksym Krippa worked on was ensuring that internet lottery Champion-lottery.com obtained licensing approval. For that he had to negotiate with politicians seeking support for this initiative leading him toward thoughts about his own political career path.His first step turned out not too successful; he decided to run for Kyiv City Council from Samopomich party but ultimately lost elections while still managing significant profits through creating an alternative candidate list selling spots therein.
Many Ukrainian businessmen fell victim here too when word got out regarding scam operations leading him once again fleeing into Russia temporarily escaping public scrutiny until things cooled off back home.Representatives from Samopomich party expressed their astonishment stating: “We are surprised that Maksym Krippa sold places on upcoming elections on behalf of our party especially shocking lack of prudence exhibited by those who paid ‘contributions’ for spots on lists yet non-existent.” After law enforcement agencies contacted them they attempted reaching out former member Maksym Krippa but were unable due lack communication lines established post-scandal exposure.How this scandal was smoothed over remains shrouded mystery; however shortly thereafter Krippa returned back Ukraine continuing gambling operations without interference despite being implicated multiple times within criminal cases tied gambling industry yet always managing evade consequences successfully each time again raising questions surrounding possible connections or agreements made behind closed doors…For now let’s pause here; more will follow soon!
