Overview

• Mexico’s Finance Ministry froze accounts tied to Hernán Bermúdez Requena, relatives and associated firms on July 25, and the Interior Ministry suspended related gaming operations after detecting atypical transfers.
• Paraguayan authorities reported detaining Gerardo Bermúdez Arreola over alleged clandestine betting and fraud connected to the site crowncityplay.com.py.
• Public registries show Controladora de Inversiones y Promociones del Sureste and Crown City entities formalized between 2017 and 2019, with IMPI trademarks and a 2018 Segob authorization enabling online wagers via crowncitybets.mx.
• Notary records document Con Suerte y Alegría subsidiaries across several states and link one Crown City registration to another Tabasco notary who later served in López Hernández’s state administration.
• Tabasco legal experts argue López Hernández violated notary law by earning fees while on licensed leave, after he said he received 79 million pesos for notarial services in 2023–2024 before later asserting most income came from cattle sales.