Overview
- The Finance Ministry and the federal Security Cabinet designated the 13 companies as blocked legal entities, suspending operations, freezing related bank accounts and shutting digital platforms.
- Authorities outlined a six-step method that exploited students, homemakers and retirees through identity theft or deception, simulated bets, fictitious winnings and rapid transfers out of Mexico.
- Funds were routed through digital tools to jurisdictions including the United States, Romania, Albania, Malta, Panama, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates before being reintroduced as apparent legal income.
- The case spans casinos in Jalisco, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja California, the State of Mexico, Chiapas and Mexico City, a sector officials flagged as high risk for cash and digital flows.
- Two properties reported as linked to Grupo Salinas were notified of the probe; the company denies wrongdoing and calls the action persecution, as officials prepare filings to the FGR and deepen work with Treasury, FinCEN and OFAC.