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Nicola Sharp, of business crime solicitors Rahman
Ravelli, says that many in the gambling industry need to take a
good look at their vulnerability to money laundering.
Two online gaming companies will pay a total of £2.8
million for anti-money laundering (AML) compliance lapses, the UK
Gambling Commission has announced.
The penalties imposed on Osaka-based Platinum Gaming Ltd and
London-based Gamesys come just a month after another four online
gaming companies were ordered to pay a total of £4.5M for
failing to implement adequate controls to both prevent money
laundering and protect their customers from harmful gambling.
In ordering Platinum to pay £1.6M, the Gambling Commission
said that the gaming company breached anti-money laundering rules
by allowing a person convicted of fraud to bet almost
£630,000 without any checks being made on him or the source
of his money – even though Platinum had previously deemed him
high risk and filed a suspicious activity report (SAR) about
him.
Gamesys was made to pay £1.2M for failing to prevent three
individuals from gambling with stolen money between 2014 and 2016.
It failed to verify its clients' identities and make checks on
the source of their funds.
In the past 18 months, some of gambling's biggest names and
a succession of gaming companies have been penalised for inadequate
money laundering controls.
Many in the gambling industry need to take a close look at the
way they function and their vulnerability to those looking to
launder money.
Gambling providers have a duty under the Proceeds of Crime Act
2002 to report any knowledge or suspicion of money laundering. No
one with an interest in the running of a gambling provider can
afford to be ignorant or cut corners when it comes to money
laundering prevention.
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