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Evita Investments (Iurii Gugnin)

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last updated 2026-05-27

Summary

Evita Investments Inc. and Evita Pay Inc. are U.S.-registered cryptocurrency payment companies founded by Iurii Gugnin, a Russian citizen residing in New York. In June 2025, Gugnin was charged in a 22-count federal indictment in the Eastern District of New York for allegedly funneling more than $530 million through U.S. banks and crypto exchanges on behalf of customers at sanctioned Russian financial institutions, in violation of U.S. sanctions law, export controls, and Bank Secrecy Act obligations. Gugnin subsequently pleaded guilty in April 2026 to a narrower set of charges and agreed to forfeit over $1.2 million.

Connected Entities

4 entities · 60 linked investigations
Organizations
□Tether35□Evita Investments (Iurii Gugnin)□Evita Pay (Iurii Gugnin)26
Tokens
♦Cointelegraph62
Relationships
  • Evita Pay (Iurii Gugnin)→mentioned with→Tether(70%)
  • Evita Investments (Iurii Gugnin)→mentioned with→Tether(65%)
  • Evita Pay (Iurii Gugnin)→mentioned with→Cointelegraph(60%)
  • Evita Investments (Iurii Gugnin)→mentioned with→Evita Pay (Iurii Gugnin)(80%)
  • Evita Pay (Iurii Gugnin)→mentioned with→Evita Investments (Iurii Gugnin)(80%)
  • Evita Investments (Iurii Gugnin)→mentioned with→Cointelegraph(60%)
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4 shared actors · 197 investigations

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Timeline(6 events)

2019

Evita Investments and Evita Pay allegedly begin operations processing payments for Russian clients, per indictment allegations (approximate start date).

TRM Labs Blog

June 2023

Alleged core scheme period begins: Evita processes more than $530 million in illicit transactions through U.S. banks and exchanges on behalf of customers at sanctioned Russian banks.

DOJ / IRS-CI Press Release

2025

Alleged scheme period ends, per indictment (approximately January 2025).

IRS Criminal Investigation Press Release

9 June 2025

22-count federal indictment unsealed against Iurii Gugnin in the Eastern District of New York. Gugnin arrested, arraigned, and ordered detained pending trial.

DOJ Office of Public Affairs

9 June 2025

CNBC, Decrypt, CoinTelegraph, and OCCRP publish reporting on the charges.

Decrypt

April 2026

Iurii Gugnin pleads guilty to a narrower set of charges. Agrees to forfeit over $1.2 million as part of the plea agreement.

MLex / Global Investigations Review
Provenance & Audit Trail
Recorded on Solana ✓Verify on-chain17 Wayback Archives

Decision Log

  • #1publishRecorded on Solana ✓5/27/2026, 6:52:51 PM
    slot 422560324 · hash 8M3UmNu3778hvBfAiB7HGyBbveZzRwYCaqVsn2G4qwWW

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (1 decision). 17 of 17 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

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generated: 5/27/2026, 6:52:39 PM

last updated: 5/27/2026, 6:52:39 PM

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