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The U.S. and Mexico are cracking down on gaming operations they suspect of money laundering.
Mexican officials said they suspended operations at 13 casinos where operators allegedly misused customers’ identities, credited them with millions of dollars in earnings they did not receive, and shipped profits to overseas accounts.
Students, homemakers or retirees without a lot of money were among those who placed the suspect bets after getting prepaid cards or electronic codes, said Grisel Galeano, Mexico’s top tax prosecutor.
OFAC identified two Canadian companies, Hysa Holdings and Rosetta Gaming, and a Polish company named Rosetta Gaming SP as targets of sanctions.
Gilberto Lopez Lopez, of Sinaloa, Mexico, and the commissioner of a gaming establishment allegedly owned by one of the Hysas, was also hit with sanctions.
Gilberto Lopez Lopez, of Sinaloa, Mexico, and the commissioner of a gaming establishment allegedly owned by one of the Hysas, was also hit with sanctions.
