In Kazakhstan, authorities seized an apartment in Almaty, three cars and 158 million tenge (about $336,000) held in the accounts of money mules as part of the Nomad Poker online casino case.
According to Kazakhstan’s Financial Monitoring Agency, the casino operated on the Club GG Poker mobile platform and was run by Kazakh citizens based in Georgia.
Users could play online poker, place bets and withdraw winnings. New players were recruited through social media, messaging apps and advertising.
More than 20,000 people played at the casino in total. Deposits from players exceeded 7.5 billion tenge (about $16 million). To receive payments, the organizers used more than 60 accounts registered to foreign money mules.
According to investigators, foreigners were specifically brought into Kazakhstan and had bank cards, mobile banking and communication devices registered in their names. They were paid up to $400 for this. The scheme helped conceal the organizers and made it harder to trace the money flows.
The investigation is ongoing.
- Source: https://t.me/afm_rk/3689
