Overview
- Segob’s gaming authority halted activity at 13 physical venues and online platforms after the UIF flagged the operators and moved to block their accounts.
- SHCP and the UIF said a months-long probe with the federal Security Cabinet found patterns consistent with international money-laundering typologies.
- Findings included multimillion-peso cash movements and transfers to the United States, Romania, Albania, Malta and Panama using unsupervised digital platforms.
- Investigators described the use of intermediaries such as housewives, students, retirees and unemployed people whose profiles did not match the funds, passing money to the true owners for a fee.
- UIF will file complaints with the FGR and notify the Procuraduría Fiscal, with authorities stressing cooperation with FinCEN and OFAC under FATF recommendations.