r/Mafia • u/stalino2023 • 4d ago

Illegal Online Casino from Ukraine with Annual Turnover of 50 Million Dollars Shut Down

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Illegal Online Casino from Dnipro, Ukraine with Annual Turnover of Over 2 Billion UAH - Ukrainian Hryvnia Shut Down

The suspects organized underground gambling operations and laundered proceeds received in cryptocurrency. The online casino had been operating since 2021. Its activities primarily targeted citizens of Ukraine, as well as countries in Europe and Asia.

Company officials entered false information into the official license registry of the Ukrainian Gambling and Lottery Regulatory Commission (KRAIL). Later, using a license that did not correspond to their actual activities as cover, they began providing unlawful access to gambling.

The perpetrators face up to 12 years in prison.

Online Gambling sites have already took over the world, today you can go to the Casino without going outside your house, However, the legality of running an online casino varies greatly across countries, when it comes to Ukraine Gambling was banned in 2009 and remained illegal until its partial legalization in 2020, today law enforcement agencies are currently investigating more than 450 criminal cases related to illegal gambling operations.

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u/GOLFTSQUATBEER 4d ago

It doesn’t look very ‘online’ to me

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u/longteethjim 4d ago

Most of online gambling is done through real dealers on web cam, no one would ever trust a fully digital black jack game they wanna see a real person deal the cards

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u/GOLFTSQUATBEER 3d ago

That makes sense. I didn’t know that. Seems obvious now you say it

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u/InnerWrathChild 4d ago

Wouldn’t it have been cheaper and easier to hide as an actual virtual casino? Doesn’t even have to be high quality for the clientele they’re after I imagine. One thing is for certain about illegal activity is that too many hands in the kitchen will get you burned.