Tag: Payeer

The Russian-linked payment processor Payeer is now formally hit by an EU transaction ban—a move that, in practice, cuts off payment rails and counterparties across Europe. While Payeer blames sanctions-driven partner blocks and has announced shutdown timelines, FinTelegram continues to receive whistleblower complaints about frozen accounts and unpaid balances.

Payeer—the Russian-linked high-risk payment processor now under EU sanctions—is reportedly freezing customer accounts during the very withdrawal period meant to allow exit before full sanctions take effect on November 25, 2025. This development transforms a compliance crisis into potential customer fund seizure, continuing Payeer's documented pattern of regulatory violations.

The EU’s 19th sanctions package (23 Oct 2025) imposes a transaction ban on Russian-linked payment platform Payeer, alongside several third-country financial operators aiding circumvention. EU operators must cease dealings; a brief wind-down for Payeer runs to 25 Nov 2025. Lithuania had already fined Payeer UAB in 2024 for sanctions/AML breaches .

As reported previously, the Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) has imposed a record fine on the payment processor Payeer, totaling nearly €9.3 million, for significant breaches of international sanctions and anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. This development corroborates FinTelegram's previous investigations into Payeer's Russian connections and its role in laundering money for scammers, further solidifying FinTelegram's reputation as a leading financial intelligence provider.

The Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) has imposed a record fine of nearly €9.3 million on Payeer, a virtual currency operator registered in Lithuania, for violations of international sanctions and anti-money laundering (AML) regulations. This development comes after FinTelegram's repeated warnings about Payeer's involvement in Russian-related transactions. The users are currently concluding the agreement with Payeer E.A.S. in Paraguay. Lithuania is no longer wanted.

The Russian-controlled high-risk payment processor Payeer has been on our radar since 2021. Since then, the operating companies behind the payment facilitator have changed several times. We have also discovered Payeer to be a facilitator of scams during this time. Currently, Payeer is one of the payment facilitators for the (interconnected) offshore broker schemes Pocket Option and PO Trade, alongside Advcash and Perfect Money. Here is our latest update.

In the list of crypto exchanges on CryptoCompare, P2B is listed at the 47th position with 56 points and a "B" rating. We recently discovered P2B as a launch platform for the Ponzi token REAL-TOK and therefore conducted an initial review. In Lithuania, Valerii Solodovnyk's Partida UAB is registered as a crypto business. There are other operating entities in various jurisdictions. We have added P2B to our Orange Compliance list.

We downgraded Russian-controlled offshore broker PocketOption to our black compliance list a few weeks ago in light of its numerous regulatory warnings. In recent months, PocketOption a/k/a PO Trade a/k/a PO has also addressed the Russian market, which is actually blocked by Western sanctions, through a network of new domains and websites and acquired retail traders. Here is an update on PocketOption.

As part of our systematic coverage and evaluation of offshore brokers, we also looked at AdroFX, a multi-asset broker registered in Vanuatu with the VFSC as a Financial Dealer. Like many other offshore brokers, AdroFX also addresses retail traders in the regulatory regimes of Europe, North America, and Asia without the required regulatory permission. Due to the lack of licenses and regulatory lapses, we have placed AdroFX on our Red Compliance List.

Over the last 3 years, FinTelegram exposed the Russian-controlled crypto payment processor Payeer as a payment processor for various broker scams. In January 2023, the Estonian FIU considered the revocation of Payeer's crypto license due to identified deficiencies. However, Payeer decided to renounce their license voluntarily and registered crypto service provider in Lithuania. We found more information about the related individuals and company history.

FinTelegram has reported several times about crypto payment processor Payeer which is controlled by Russian nationals. We have already discovered Payeer as a payment processor in scams several times. The Estonian FIU announced that Payeer had lost its license. The Estonian FIU exposed deficiencies, and the license would have been invalidated. However, Payeer decided to renounce their license to avoid the revocation. Now, the scheme operates with a crypto license in Lithuania!

We have been following the activities of the high-risk payment processor Payeer for several years now. Payeer is operated through Payeer OÜ, which holds an Estonian crypto license, and Paycorp Limited, registered in Vanuatu by the VFSC. Most recently, we discovered Payeer as a payment processor at many Russian high-risk merchants such as Express Wallet or Taxi Money. In recent months, an average of 25% of website visitors came from Russia.