DeHealth crypto-pyramid: how fraudsters Anna Bondarenko and Denis Tsvaig are purging the web of materials linking them to cash-out centers and medical data theft

Anna Bondarenko, Denis Tsvaig, and Dmitry Alperin orchestrated an arrangement around the DeHealth platform. Under this arrangement, sensitive medical information from users was obtained, and the compensation provided was cryptocurrency with a low exchange rate.

There were also cases of evasion of tax obligations and financial transactions through a chain of controlled legal entities. Realizing the inevitability of exposure, the defendants began to clean up the Internet space, massively removing incriminating evidence, references to their schemes and information about the parent company itself.

We, in turn, are publishing an investigation that they are trying to remove from the public space in order to preserve the facts and show the real scale of the activities of Anna Bondarenko, Denis Tsvaig and Dmitriy Alperin in international money laundering schemes, the DeHealth scam and cryptographic fraud.

Since the beginning of global digitalization, pyramids have gone viral on the Internet. Concepts have emerged such as «scam» (theft of financial data online), «info-gypsy» (imposing trainings, seminars, goods on crazy funds) and others.

The startup DeHealth has combined several types of modern schemes. At the same time, as our correspondents were able to establish, there is a long criminal trail behind people associated with the company. Judging by excerpts from criminal proceedings, there is nothing new there. All the same old crimes as the world: tax evasion, money laundering, official forgery and others.

How the DeHealth scheme works and which of the main players of the pyramid is under the close gaze of the investigation — in the material «Anticor».

Medical data in cryptocurrency

What is DeHealth? — this question will probably be the first to arise among our readers. Officially, the company is a unique startup whose activities are aimed at collecting data on the health status of patients to further improve the definition of diseases and treatment. At first glance, everything looks very innovative and useful, but is everything so?

The official DeHealth website is available only in English, and this despite the fact that the organization was founded by Ukrainians who position themselves as patriots of our state. From the DeHealth website it becomes clear that you can share your medical indicators with the service on anonymous terms. All medical confidentiality is encrypted by artificial intelligence and cannot be accessible to unauthorized persons. The most interesting thing is that users who agree to provide their drug data are also promised payment in the form of a cryptocurrency service.

Screenshot of the DeHealth website  

So far everything looks more than interesting. In its partners, the company noted not only international organizations, but also the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

We decided to check whether the Ukrainian government body actually signed agreements with the cryptocurrency service.

There is no confirmation of the work of the platform from the Ministry of Health. On the Ministry’s website there is news about the signing of a memorandum of cooperation with the Ichel’s information system, not Dehels.

Screenshot of the MOZ website

Therefore, we are inclined to believe that on the company’s website mention of government bodies exists only to increase the weight of the platform.

Also, as follows from registry medical institutions connected to the central database system of the electronic healthcare system, «Dehels» is not involved in this project either. All this indicates that the company has only a virtual relationship with the Ukrainian healthcare system.

Let’s return to the most interesting – money. According to the Dehels developers, users can receive the DHLT cryptocurrency for registering and transferring their own personal data. We did not find this currency on the stock exchanges, and this signals that it is completely unknown to the world of digital assets.

Information about the DHLT cryptocurrency on the Kuna exchange

We still managed to find a Dehels coin on the specialized Coinmarket service. It costs as much as $0.00055 (about 2 kopecks). At its best (at the time of its creation), DHLT was worth 3 cents, but over the past year the cryptocurrency has been constantly falling in price. We turned to experts on the issue of digital assets, who unequivocally assured us that this is a typical path of unknown coins on the — cryptorink; it is most likely that there will be a collapse in the future.

Cost of the DHLT coin (information from the Coinmarket service)

According to data from the specialized service, a billion such coins have been created in total. Their total cost is 495 thousand US dollars. At the same time, the company did not guarantee its asset with its own funds; accordingly, not a single person with cryptocurrency, in the event of its total fall, will receive anything.

DHLT Coin Capitalization Information

That is, the service promises users who risk sharing their personal data on condition of anonymity a worthless digital asset.

Criminal trail of organizers

The main characters in «Dehelse» are Anna Bondarenko and Denis Tsvaig (former surname — Tsvaigov). Although Tsvaigov (Tsvaig) has no connection to the company since 2021, according to official data, back in April of this year he was positioned like «CEO» (CEO of the enterprise).

Anna Bondarenko with Denis Tsvaigov

According to the register of legal entities, the main activities of Dehels are — medical institutions and medical practice. Although, if you read the information from the website, the company acts as a database and financial company. There is an obvious violation, since the digital asset — is also a kind of financial activity, but for some reason they decided not to declare it. As the OpenDataBot service notes, Dehels’ VAT certificate has been revoked, and the company itself is registered at the place of mass registration.

This suggests that «successful medical startup» is not as successful. Anna Bondarenko herself, who claims to be a crypto investor, has not always been an expert in the field of modern assets.

During her lifetime, Bondarenko, as a FLP, provided beauty salon services, sold food products, tobacco products and clothing. Currently, its textile retail business continues to operate, and all other FLPs have been liquidated.

Bondarenko and her husband are also the founders of PALSON KIFOT LLC. The authorized capital of the enterprise is UAH 100, and, judging by the financial data, it does not carry out activities. «PALSON KIFOT» — is a clothing brand registered to Bondarenko. The last mention of it in public sources dates back to 2018, at the same time the latest publications on the company’s Instagram were published.

Screenshot Instagram «PALSON KIFOT»

Another legal entity owned by Bondarenko, — is the charitable organization «Dehels». It is also difficult to say anything about the activities of the fund, because it did not submit financial statements, it does not have social networks or a website.

However, after checking the information about the officials of the charitable organization «Foundation «Dehels», we found one very interesting information. In February 2023, Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Alperin was elected head of the legal entity. Alperin – is a serious businessman, judging by the companies registered to him. He is the owner of 4 businesses. In the best of times, the companies’ assets reached a billion hryvnia, but since 2020, Alperin’s most successful company, «Il-Sole», began the bankruptcy process. This happened against the backdrop of criminal proceedings that have begun, which are still under investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

«Il-Sole» and a number of other companies, the founder of which was Dmitry Alperin, suspected a whole bunch of criminal actions, including tax evasion, official forgery, bribery, financing of terrorism, laundering of funds obtained by criminal means, etc. Based on these facts, criminal proceedings were initiated, submitted to the ERDR for № 22020000000000032 dated 26/02/2020 on the grounds of criminal offences under article 364, part 2, article 364, part 3, article 258-5, part 2, article 364, part 3, article 212, part 3, article 209, part 2, article 361, part 2, article 205-1, part 2, article 362, of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. As the investigation established, a group of persons, by prior conspiracy to evade taxes and legalize income, created huge conversion centers thanks to dozens of fictitious companies. These companies registered people in difficult financial situations who were found via the Internet.

Extraction from criminal proceedings № 22020000000000032

In September 2021, an amazing – serious proceeding took place in which dozens of criminals could be arrested and hundreds of millions of hryvnia returned to the state suddenly falls silent. Despite the fact that any procedural decision was not made (i.e., the proceedings were not closed), any investigative actions were terminated. Why? — question is rhetorical.

Realizing that on the one hand, liability can be avoided, and on the other, it is no longer possible to continue the scheme, the companies participating in the illegal actions began to go bankrupt. As a result, schematists made money twice: first from criminal manipulations, and then from the withdrawal of funds from bankrupt enterprises.

A similar situation occurred with the financial company «Avisto», the founder of which was another company – LLC «Allasio», the ultimate beneficiary of which was Alperin. «Avisto» took place in criminal proceedings for tax evasion on an especially large scale, submitted to the ERDR under № 32021111000000004 on the grounds of offenses for which punishment is provided for in Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. In this case, tax officials established that Alperin’s classic business — may already be called tax evasion by forging a document and using fictitious persons. As confirmed in court, the administration of the tax activities of FC «Avisto» was carried out by the company «Bankruptcy Laboratory», which probably helped other enterprises submit fictitious reports to the tax office.

Extraction from criminal proceedings № 32021111000000004

Oddly enough, this criminal proceeding was buried in the second half of 2021.

Despite the fact that Alperin’s company was worth about $40 million at its best, no information could be found about the multimillionaire entrepreneur. He may be another front man in history associated with «Dehels».

Business at your own risk

What do we have as a result? «Dehels» invites people to sell their data for the digital asset — is a worthless cryptocurrency and is unlikely to ever become more valuable. For this, users are promised complete confidentiality of medical information. But can a company that does not officially have the right to operate in the financial market promise people the secrecy of information about their health? Hardly.

In general, all this looks like a simple scam: people are promised money for information, but in fact clients receive regular «candy wrappers». How then Dehels manages confidential data — the question is open. It is possible that user bases are then resold for further use in the dark.

Moreover, officials of the «Dehels» Foundation have significant experience in crime. Therefore, it is possible that this whole relationship is not accidental.