KYIV. March 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Rivals could be behind the pressure of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on YouControl online service, the company has said.

"I guess that this is the planned action of our rivals," YouControl Commercial Director Olena Lapa said at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on March 24.

YouControl CEO Serhiy Milman said that the company has not yet collected enough information to prove this, using facts.

"The thing is that until recently we did not see profit at all. We were permanently subsidizing the project to develop it and only in February we saw small profit. Maybe, this was a sign for someone. Maybe, we are too dangerous for them, for example, in the banking sector, or they simply wanted to receive a good product," he said.

As reported, on March 23, the SBU raided YouControl office and apartments of top managers, employees and partners of the company. According to the company, around 100 SBU officers took part in the raids. Around 100 mobile phones and laptops were seized during the raids.