Whistleblower dossiers and prior reporting place eMoore N.V. and the broader EM Group at the management and Cyprus-linked payment layer of a Europe-facing online casino network. The key issue is a stark contradiction: while EM Group publicly marketed compliance and licensing expertise, its structures appear in the documentary chain of operators targeting regulated EU markets without national authorization.
A player communication reviewed by FinTelegram raises a serious compliance question for Revolut: did the fintech initially tell a customer that Mastercard chargebacks had been raised and finally decided, only to later admit that no chargebacks had been submitted at all? Against the backdrop of FinTelegram’s long-running investigations into illegal offshore casino payment rails, the case sharpens a broader issue.
While European gambling regulators intensify their crackdown on illegal offshore casinos, a more uncomfortable question is emerging for the banking sector: are major retail banks, through rigid chargeback practices and weak scrutiny of miscoded card transactions, helping illegal gambling networks stay operational?