Kazakhstan’s Financial Monitoring Agency has placed two foreign nationals on an international wanted list over their role in organizing an illegal online gambling network in the country.

Those wanted are Dmitry Druzhinsky, a U.S. citizen, 56, and Marina Levkovich (Ginzburg), a Ukrainian citizen, 41. A court has approved their arrest in absentia, authorizing pretrial detention, The Caspian Post reports via Kazakh media.

Investigators say the suspects coordinated the operation of online casinos under the PIN-UP and PINCO brands through a network of affiliated companies registered outside Kazakhstan. According to the Financial Monitoring Agency, they acted as key coordinators-recruiting accomplices, liaising with payment providers and second-tier banks, and assisting to build the payment infrastructure used to process deposits and withdrawals.

To conceal the illegal activity, a local entity-Bonami LLP-was created and obtained a bookmaker’s license under the PIN-UP.KZ brand. Payment processing was handled by Gold Pay, Cyber Pay, and Pinnacle Financial Solutions, which operated as payment aggregators. Client funds were reportedly pooled in transit accounts and then converted into cryptocurrency via affiliated e-money-licensed firms.