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My Mother LodeMexico suspends 13 casinos for alleged money laundering
Mexican authorities have suspended operations at 13 casinos allegedly used to launder millions of dollars overseas. Grupo Salinas, owned by magnate Ricardo Salinas Pliego, said two of its casinos were targeted. They denied any wrongdoing and accused the government of…
The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit identified 13 casinos where transactions possibly related to money laundering were detected. “Because of their high financial risk” were blocked by the Financial Intelligence Unit “to prevent them from being used for organized crime.” The Ministry of the Interior ordered the immediate suspension of the establishments.
The Ministry of Finance reported that it blocked the bank accounts of 13 casinos because of the presumption of money laundering.The unit explained that in a joint investigation with the Security Cabinet, which took them several months, they detected that these betting centers carried out cash operations, international flows and use of unsupervised digital platforms. “Because of their high financial risk, they were listed as moral persons blocked…
The Treasury has put the spotlight on the millions of transfers made by 13 casinos in Mexico. After months of investigations, the federal branch has blocked the bank accounts of gambling houses after detecting alleged acts of laundering. The investigations carried out detected cash operations, international flows and the use of unsupervised digital platforms.
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mural.com.mxThe SHCP and the Security Cabinet identified 13 casinos with millions of cash operations and use of unsupervised platforms.
The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), in conjunction with the Security Cabinet, identified 13 casinos with million-dollar cash operations, international flows and the use of unsupervised digital platforms. In an investigation that has been conducted for months, behaviors allegedly consistent with international money-laundering typologies were identified in establishments with presence in Jalisco, Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Sonora, Baja Cal…
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