墨西哥利用被盗身份,关闭了13个赌场,以反对洗钱计划。 Mexico shuts 13 casinos over money laundering scheme using stolen identities.

据官员称,墨西哥当局已暂停13个赌场,因为有人指控这些赌场被用于涉及被盗身份的洗钱计划。 Mexican authorities have suspended 13 casinos over allegations they were used in a money laundering scheme involving stolen identities, according to officials. 包括美国合作在内的调查发现,个人——经常是学生、家庭主妇或退休人员——得到预付卡片或密码,以打小赌,使赌场能够以自己的名字登记大胜。 The investigation, which included U.S. cooperation, found that individuals—often students, homemakers, or retirees—were given prepaid cards or codes to place small bets, enabling casinos to register large wins under their names. 这使非法资金在返回墨西哥之前能够通过幌子公司和避税地流出海外。 This allowed illicit funds to be funneled overseas through front companies and tax havens before being returned to Mexico. 查明了三家与有组织犯罪有关联的公司,但没有命名。 Three companies linked to organized crime were identified, though not named. Grupo Salinas拥有两座被暂停的赌场, 否认错失行为, 并指控政府在与总统Claudia Sheinbaum政府的政治关系紧张时骚扰政府。 Grupo Salinas, which owns two of the suspended casinos, denied wrongdoing and accused the government of harassment amid political tensions with President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration.