Money laundering in betting shops
West Yorkshire Police (opens in new tab) executed a warrant, granted under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (opens in new tab), at the home address of a suspected drug dealer. Following a search of the man’s home, they seized a small quantity of controlled drugs together with £18,000 cash and £30,000 of designer clothing. They also found in excess of 400 FOBT payout receipts recording in excess of £36,000 cashed out from a bookmakers.
Our compliance managers provided detectives with advice regarding the FOBT payout receipts and directed them to gambling data held on the gaming machine server.
The purpose of this useful line of investigation was to establish total sums gambled by the man, and the legitimacy or otherwise of the cash found.
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Last updated: 4 January 2021
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