Overview
- The casinos were designated as blocked legal entities to protect users and prevent alleged criminal use of gambling operations.
- Financial investigators reported large cash transactions, cross-border transfers and unsupervised digital wagering that fit international laundering typologies.
- Funds moved to the United States, Romania, Albania, Malta and Panama through online platforms designed to conceal their origin.
- Authorities say digital channels used money mules with incongruent profiles such as homemakers, students, retirees and unemployed people who forwarded proceeds to ultimate beneficiaries for a fee.
- The case spans sites in Jalisco, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja California, Mexico State, Chiapas and Mexico City, with UIF set to file complaints to the FGR and notify the Federal Tax Prosecutor in coordination with FinCEN, OFAC and GAFI.