Pin-Up sponsor clampdown: Vietnamese authorities hand over blogger Kaisar Kamzu to Kazakhstan amid Dmitry Punin's illicit gambling investigation
20:51, 11.08.2026
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Pin-Up sponsor clampdown: Vietnamese authorities hand over blogger Kaisar Kamzu to Kazakhstan amid Dmitry Punin's illicit gambling investigation
May reportedly Blogger Kaisar Kamza be extradited from Vietnam to Kazakhstan. Photos from Cam Ranh Airport were sent by followers of journalist Mikhail Kozachkov.
The photographs show Kamza, accompanied by a man who, apparently, is an AFM employee, reports Orda, citing journalist Kozachkov .
As a reminder, Kamza was placed on the international wanted list back in January 2026. He managed to attract over two million followers on Instagram thanks to trashy content, after which he began making money from illegal advertising.
The blogger promoted an online casino banned in Kazakhstan through a closed Telegram channel with an audience of over 400,000.
Pin-Up Scheme
The casino operated under the guise of the foreign bookmaker Pin-Up, which had an official license in Kazakhstan. However, players were redirected to websites offering roulette and other prohibited games. Kamza advertised this scheme and received large commissions for it.
in his cryptocurrency alone . were found Almost 200 thousand dollars
When the scheme was uncovered, the blogger fled to Southeast Asia. In April, Vietnamese security forces detained him in Cam Ranh Bay at the request of the Kazakh Prosecutor General’s Office.
In May, Kamza recorded a video from Vietnam and claimed he had not been arrested. He claimed his passport was confiscated by immigration officials, and he was in Nha Trang.
"I wasn’t arrested, they just took my passport at the immigration service. Wish me well," the blogger said.
Judging by the latest photos from Cam Ranh Airport, its "best days" have yet to arrive.
Who is behind Pin-Up?
on the wanted list in connection with the same case US citizen Dmitry Druzhinsky and Ukrainian citizen Marina Levkovich have also been placed . Investigators believe they coordinated the operations of the online casino network under the Pin-Up and PINCO brands in Kazakhstan.
To disguise their business, they registered Bonami LLC with a bookmaker’s license, and transferred clients’ money through a network of aggregator firms into cryptocurrency and abroad.
Photo: Committee on Legal Statistics and Special Accounting
According to journalist Kozachkov, the ultimate beneficiaries of the bookmaker and casino are Russian citizen Dmitry Punin and Ukrainian citizen Marina Ilyina. They are husband and wife and live in Cyprus.
The editors sent a request to AFM, but at the time of publication the information had not yet been received.
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