Saturday, September 6, 2014

UIGEA Online Casino Ban May also help Money Launderers



A gaming-law expert says the block on online casino payment transactions may increase instead of impede money laundering.

One of the dubious reasons given for the need of the UIGEA ban on payment processing to online casinos is the prevention of cash laundering. However the actual results of implementing the problematic law could also be to drive transactions to shadier companies likely to engage in money laundering.

Joseph M. Kelly, knowledgeable in gambling laws from Buffalo State University, told the la Times that forcing established and honorable processors out of the web gambling transaction business may very well increase the hazards of cash laundering. Online casinos currently coping with reputable firms may have no choice but to make use of less scrupulous companies once the UIGEA is implemented on December 1st.

"You diminish reputable payment processors and replace them with individuals who don't leave a paper trail," Kelly said of the effect of the UIGEA.

Further, the paper quotes an official from the yank Bankers Association who testified during Congressional hearing at the UIGEA that the law would haven't any" prospect of practical success" in fighting money laundering.

Experts appear to agree that payments will still get processed, but with the added inadvertent burden of straining the united states economic system. As ABA spokesmen pointed out, not just is the law requiring examination of over 93 billion transactions processed, but expects an unrealistic streamlining and efficient communication between US banks and foreign banks ungoverned by the UIGEA.

Published on October 19, 2009 by EdBradley


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