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Ukrainian police have begun raiding OnlyFans models after obtaining information about them from tax authorities.

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Ukrainian police

Reports indicate that the raids targeted models whose information was first collected by the State Tax Service and later passed on to the Bureau of Economic Security.

A model shared that investigators searched her home in Kharkiv yesterday and allegedly knew when money would be present.

"They took my partner's laptop, flash drives, and $200,000 that was in the house. I had planned to exchange this money for hryvnias today to pay taxes for 2023. I had already arranged the exchange with the bank."

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