Tag: Ruchi Rathor

On November 19, 2023, the probably last filings for the bankrupt iPayTotal Ltd were made at the UK Companies House. The liquidator Arvindar Jit Singh reported the end of the liquidation. As one of the many high-risk payment processors of the Indian Ruchi Rathor, the insolvency deprived merchants of many millions. The liquidator reports "only" around £1.9 million unsecured claims that were not paid. But insiders say it was much more. The company is dissolved!

FinTelegram has already reported that the UK entities behind the high-risk payment processors, Kryptova, Bitmatix, and Paypound are in the process of being dissolved. The UK Companies House announced that the companies cease to exist via voluntary strike-off as of April 18, 2023. They belong to the network of notorious Indian payment veteran Ruchi Rathor. Merchants should take the best care of their money and avoid black-listed Kryptova, Bitmatix, and Paypound.

Now it's official! The two high-risk payment processor schemata Kryptova and Paypound from the environment of the notorious Indian payment veteran Ruchi Rathor are officially operated via the offshore company Next Ring LLC in Nevis. Until recently, the two UK-registered companies, Kryptova Biz Ltd and Self Pay IO Ltd, were the official operators. These are now in the process of voluntary strike-off. The new Nevis address is included in the Offshore Leaks Database.

The high-risk payment segment has been booming for decades. The business has high margins, as we know from the Wirecard process. The number of high-risk merchants is constantly growing, and with it, the demand for payment services. Unfortunately, most high-risk payment processors are dubious and regularly rip off merchants. RagaPay is an Indian-controlled venture. The cyber rating agency PayRate42 has placed it on the black compliance list.

Admittedly, we were a bit surprised when we received the invitation to Ruchi Rathor's new project, Pay Agency, today. Especially after the recent discussions on Twitter. Our FinTelegram team has been following the Indian payment veteran's projects and learned the brutal art of ripping off high-risk merchants had been practiced there. Now Rathor wants to launch a matchmaking platform with her Pay Agency where she brings merchants and PSPs together. Here is our first impression.

The high-risk payment processor BitMatix is part of Ruchi Rathor's network and is operated by her son-in-law Yuvraj Singh. Until recently, BitMatix IO Ltd in the UK was listed as the operator. On January 23, 2023, a voluntary strike-off request was filed by the company. As with the other UK companies in the network, Kryptova, and Paypound. The BitMatix website now states a BitMatix Inc. as the operator. We have not been able to find this company and advise merchants to be super-cautious.

Indian payment veteran Ruchi Rathor's high-risk payment processor scheme iPayTotal collapsed in late 2020. Initially, iPayTotal Ltd was to be quietly dissolved and disappear. But then creditors came forward, and the court opened bankruptcy on the company. The Joint Liquidators report claims in the millions. Senthooran Kuganathan, a/k/a Sen Kugan, was one of the executives of the scheme and cashed a lot of money. He bought himself an expensive house and a Porsche!

On January 23, 2023, a deletion request was submitted for the three companies Kryptova Biz Ltd d/b/a Kryptova, Self Pay IO Ltd d/b/a Paypound, and Bitmatix IO Ltd d/b/a Bitmatix. These high-risk payment processors are part of the network of Indian payment entrepreneur Ruchi Rathor and her family. In recent weeks, many complaints have been made, especially on LinkedIn, about these high-risk payment processors. The websites are online!

FinTelegram has received extensive documentation from a former OpenFinance executive stating that Ruchi Rathor is the beneficial owner of the Denmark-based high-risk payment processor. The official shareholder is the Portuguese-registered Chestnut Investments - Unipessoal LDA, where Portuguese-based Russian Svetlana Ivanova is registered as a director. The documents also show that Rathor's various high-risk processors work with fake people. Merchants should be highly alerted!

The Joint Liquidators of bankrupt iPayTotal, which belongs to the group of high-risk payment processors of the Indian group around the notorious Ruchi Rathor and the Pratap Singh family, submitted its second progress report on January 16, 2023. There is not much new information in it. The Joint Liquidators report no assets. Nine former customers (merchants) have filed claims of around $2.2 million. Millions vanished from the company into the pockets of the participating individuals.

Reportedly, Indian payment entrepreneurs Ruchi Rathor, her son-in-law Yuvraj Singh and their family are allegedly residing in Dubai. There they enjoy the money they earn through the merchants of their numerous high-risk payment processors. Every week we receive complaints and warnings against various schemes like PayPound, Payomatix, or OpenUp. With Pay Agency, Rathor has launched the next project to address the high-risk payment segment. We recommend merchants and the highest caution.

Edward Tabus is the CEO of Mad Money Casino, which operates through MMC Global B.V. with a license from Curacao. The payment agent is MMC Global Holdings Limited in Cyprus. And with the payments, the Mad Money Casino has a problem. In particular with payments that should come from its payment processor Paypound. On LinkedIn, Edward Tabus has described in detail how Paypound withholds payments. FinTelegram has already warned about Paypound a few times.