Caution:

Mykalai Kontilai is wanted for his alleged involvement in a series of criminal activities in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The company known as Collectors Coffee, Inc., dba Collector’s Café (CCI), was founded in 2007, and operated by Mykalai Kontilai through 2019.  From approximately 2012 to 2018, Kontilai allegedly obtained investors funds with the intent to convert those funds for personal use.  Victims are believed to have invested more than $23 million dollars into CCI.  Financial records and interviews indicate that Kontilai deviated from the stated business model by allegedly withdrawing large amounts of cash for purposes believed to have been personal in nature.

On March 10, 2020, Kontilai was indicted in the United States District Court, District of Colorado, on one count of Conspiracy to Obstruct Proceedings, two counts of Obstruction of Proceedings, one count of Tampering with Documents, and two counts of False Statements.  On June 3, 2020, Kontilai was indicted in the United States District Court, District of Nevada, on one count of Securities Fraud, six counts of Wire Fraud, six counts of Laundering of Money Instruments, one count of Money Transaction in Property Derived from Specified Unlawful Activity, and four counts of Willful Failure to File Return.