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Starscream Casinos: Offshore Casino Operator, Potential Regulatory Evasion, Payment Facilitators, and More Cyprus Connections!

Online casinos are easily transferable digital assets. The transfer of Gammix Ltd's casinos to offshore operator Starscream Ltd raises serious questions about the continued illegal gambling activities in Europe. Despite massive penalties from the Dutch regulator KSA, Gammix appears to have simply shifted its operations offshore, where it continues to flout regulatory oversight facilitated by regulated payment processors.

Offshore Casino & Gambling Operator NewEra Facilitated By Revolut and WLPay!

As part of our analysis of payment facilitators in the high-risk segment of online casinos and gambling providers, we have already reported on the Curacao licensed provider NewEra. Like many other offshore casinos, it also operates via a payment agent in Cyprus. One of the payment facilitators for the NewEra casinos is the FinTech unicorn Revolut, through which players from jurisdictions in which NewEra does not have a license can make deposits.

Offshore Casino & Gambling Operator NewEra And Its Payment Facilitators!

The NewEra Group is another online casino and gambling operator that operates with a license in Curacao and a payment agent in Cyprus. Although NewEra does not have a license in Europe or North America, it attracts customers and their deposits from these regulatory regimes. Revolut, Binance Pay and MiFinity appear to be the most important payment facilitators. Binance Pay is offered at all NewEra casinos.

Uncovering the Shadow: How Payment Processors Unwittingly Fuel Illegal Online Gambling Operations

We've uncovered a concerning trend in our recent analysis of the online casinos and gambling sector, particularly focusing on the high-risk aspects of these activities and their associated payment processors. Many payment processors, including those regulated by financial authorities, seem to be unknowingly engaging in unauthorized and, consequently, illegal online gambling operations. FinCrime Observer published an interesting report about this scene and its payment processors.

No Surprise: FCA-Regulated eMerchantPay Lost Auditor Over Accounting And Governance Issues!

eMerchantPay is certainly no stranger to the scene of high-risk payment processors and scam facilitators. Gal Barak's collapsed cybercrime organization has already laundered money through it. The FCA-regulated eMerchantpay Ltd, via its eZeeWallet scheme, is a prominent payment facilitator in the online casino segment. The company's auditor resigned in 2023 due to doubts about accounting and governance.