Vladyslav Myroshnychenko: a lucky crypto scammer or someone’s frontman?

The surname of Vladyslav Myroshnychenko appeared in the crime chronicles in the context of the criminal case against Oleksandr Slobozhenko, initiated by the Bureau of Economic Security (BES) last year. However, it was not the law enforcement agencies but journalists who connected Vladyslav Myroshnychenko with the crypto-scammer Oleksandr Slobozhenko—the initial connections were not noticed, even though everything is out in the open.

Nevertheless, the case against Slobozhenko is still gathering dust somewhere in the depths of BES, while his colleague in the risky business, Vladyslav Myroshnychenko, remains "unnoticed" by the law enforcement system. Even a superficial study of his personality, lifestyle, and sources of income should attract attention, at least from the tax authorities, as Vladyslav Myroshnychenko’s income and expenses are so mismatched.

Who is Vladyslav Myroshnychenko? Another "crypto guru" selling courses on training crypto-traders to those who wish to get rich. This is the legal facade behind which something more is evidently hidden. Although there is too little information about the shadow image of Vladyslav Myroshnychenko, even based on open data, BlackBox OSINT investigators conducted a fairly thorough investigation about him. You can read the full version here and here, and in brief, it boils down to the following.

Vladyslav Myroshnychenko is now 26 years old and exhibits the lifestyle of a multimillionaire, which he reportedly achieved, according to his social media and the networks of Oleksandr Slobozhenko, in just a few months. Vladyslav Myroshnychenko actively showcases and emphasizes his level of lifestyle: posting photos in a private jet, on a yacht, or against a backdrop of a fleet of elite cars.

At the same time, there is a distinctive detail—unlike his friend Slobozhenko, Myroshnychenko hides his face. This is quite unusual for a crypto-investor and consultant in cryptocurrencies and trading, which his Mirror Reflection project offers. However, this did not help; Myroshnychenko’s image was quickly established as a result of social media monitoring.

BlackBox OSINT journalists calculated that Vladyslav Myroshnychenko’s expenses over the past two years, at a minimum, exceed his income by tens of times. This pertains only to property that must be registered: cars, apartments, parking spaces, and so on. Calculating his expenditure on international travels (as Vladyslav Myroshnychenko, despite his draft age and martial law, crossed the Ukrainian border no less than eight times) presents significant challenges.

Investigators emphasize that as recently as 2022, Vladyslav Myroshnychenko was an ordinary hookah master in one of Kharkiv’s bars. And just a few months after the start of the great war, he suddenly emerged in Kyiv as a dollar millionaire and crypto guru. He now owns several enterprises and is registered as an entrepreneur, but none of these business entities show any income that could explain the origin of the newly-minted multimillionaire Vladyslav Myroshnychenko’s capital.

Incidentally, a similar story applies to the origin of Sasha Slobozhenko’s capital, who was charged by BESuvar with tax evasion amounting to 213 million UAH, and with whom Vlad Myroshnychenko is friends. However, Vladyslav Myroshnychenko has not yet been charged, and in the Slobozhenko case, he is not even a witness. Although the sphere of activity for both "crypto gurus" is approximately the same—cryptocurrencies, trading, and related products and services.

Moreover, the Mirror Reflection project, supposedly engaged in selling trading courses and by which Vladyslav Myroshnychenko earns his living, is an obvious fake, moreover, a rather poorly executed one: the premises that Myroshnychenko presents as his Kyiv office are photoshopped images of the "Skhid" bank, and the Spanish "office" of Mirror Reflection is similarly a photoshopped bicycle store.

Investigators point out another detail connected with Vladyslav Myroshnychenko—alongside him in Kyiv emerged quite strange personalities. These include Yevhen Trusov, a former rugby player who requalified as a rehabilitation therapist after ending his sports career; and Mykhaylo Uvarov, a native of the Murmansk region of the Russian Federation and a resident of Kharkiv, nicknamed "The Frenchman." The latter is known for engaging in thefts and robberies. It is known that in the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Kharkiv in 2019, criminal proceedings №12018220480004858 and №12019220510000478 were considered against Uvarov and his partner for committing crimes under part 4 of article 185 (theft on an especially large scale) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Uvarov boasted that he "gave 10 thousand dollars to the judge and the case was closed." What actually happened is unknown, but the case was indeed closed. Uvarov changed his surname after these events—from Kuritsyn he became known as Uvarov by 2021 and emerged with Myroshnychenko in Kyiv as a person connected to the cryptocurrency business.

Details of this entire story are described in the previously mentioned BlackBox OSINT investigation, so as not to repeat, we direct readers to the original source. There, investigators, after studying the personalities of Vladyslav Myroshnychenko, Mykhaylo Uvarov-Kuritsyn, and their associates, conclude that this entire company operates in two interconnected spheres. The first is cryptocurrency exchanges and scams, and the second is call centers that fraudulently prompt people to transfer money to specified accounts.

All this earns Vladyslav Myroshnychenko and his accomplices tens of millions of dollars, which they withdraw from Ukraine in cryptocurrency. What brings in more—the cryptocurrency scam or the fraudulent call centers—remains unknown. However, two facts exist: first—the money these people have is significant, as demonstrated by the former bartender and hookah master Vladyslav Myroshnychenko, who is clearly swept away by their scale; second—the activities of these fraudsters remain unnoticed by all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies.

Also read: From Hookah Master to Dollar Millionaire: How Slobozhenko’s Friend Vladyslav Myroshnychenko Became a Crypto Guru and Avoids Paying Taxes

In connection with this, obvious questions arise. Investigators highlight that Vladyslav Myroshnychenko, who was a nobody yesterday, suddenly turned into a dollar multimillionaire. But they explain this transformation by stating that Myroshnychenko earned his money through fraud. At least, that’s the impression formed.

In fact, that is likely the case. But there are evident discrepancies: the former bartender and hookah master suddenly organizes a massive business siphoning off enormous sums of money from the population. However, it’s hard to believe that Myroshnychenko is capable of such a feat due to his intellectual capabilities. It’s not his level. Because, despite what the Bolsheviks might say, a cook cannot govern the state. Teaching her to do so, especially in a short time, is simply impossible. And Vladyslav Myroshnychenko, with all his millions and display of a lavish lifestyle, is an ordinary cook. His level is the hookah in a bar and "what would you like?"

From here springs the conclusion: Vladyslav Myroshnychenko is just a front, a shill, who serves as the face of the company and who will end up sitting in prison. That’s his profession. And most likely, Myroshnychenko understands this—that’s why he makes pathetic attempts to hide his identity by blurring his face in photos. Regarding all the assets registered to him, some of them probably indeed belong to him as payment for the position of a shill.

But everything else is just as much a scam as the offices in Kyiv and Spain. It’s become a classic in cryptocurrency scamming to show your "investors" a beautiful life—cars, girls, yachts, planes, and helicopters. So that the ~~fool investor~~ drools and brings money in hopes of getting the same for his hundred bucks. It’s a classic genre; it’s hardly worth mentioning. Therefore, there are justifiable doubts regarding who owns all this and how everything actually happens.

As for the owner of this whole extensive business, one might think it’s Myroshnychenko’s accomplice Mykhaylo Uvarov-Frenchman. But, although he clearly is older and more experienced than the rest of the Kharkiv company of bartenders-cum-masseurs and has connections in the criminal world, that is also not his level. The idea itself could quite possibly have been conceived by Uvarov, especially as such enterprises have existed in Ukraine for a long time. It’s no secret either that they are covered at the highest level. But Uvarov-Frenchman is more likely at the medium level of the criminal world. And judging by everything, he was simply the initiator and found patrons. Or vice versa—those who engage in such business assigned Uvarov to find shills, those who will shine their identities in a grand scam.

That’s how this entire company emerged in Kyiv and commenced feverish activity. Putting forward Vladyslav Myroshnychenko as the "owner." To whom it dawned, at some point, what he had gotten into and what the potential consequences might be. At what stage he teamed up with another such shill—Sasha Slobozhenko—remains unknown. But it’s likely that one enlightened the other "millionaire" on what this could all turn into. But it was already too late.

So, most likely, someone else stands behind the "crypto guru" and "crypto investor" Vladyslav Myroshnychenko. Someone with the necessary connections, intelligence, and organizational skills to create the entire scheme. And—the necessary seed capital. No one believes that the hookah master from a second-rate bar, Vladyk Myroshnychenko, pawned the family gold and used that money to purchase all the necessary equipment, rent premises, hire people, pay off, and so forth, do they?

Thus, it turns out that Vladyk Myroshnychenko is just a common pawn. Who will serve time. If he’s lucky, that is. Because other outcomes are also possible, given that we’re talking about millions of dollars. Yet, whether the owner of Vladyk Myroshnychenko is the same as the owner of Oleksandr Slobozhenko or if they’re different people remains unknown. Because we don’t know who actually stands behind these two shills.