Tag: Skrill

The Danish on/off-ramper Swapped is systematically acting as an integrated payment facilitator for illegal offshore gambling schemes. Following our discoveries of Swapped embedded in illicit casinos like Roobet and GamDom, our latest review of the Juice.gg scheme reveals Swapped operating as the platform's sole FIAT payment processor. By utilizing a deceptive two-step "fake fiat" rail, Swapped funnels European retail funds through its Banking Circle accounts in Munich directly into unlicensed offshore casino wallets.

Oro.gg, operated by Belize-registered Tusitier Ltd, illegally targets European and British players without valid regulatory licensing. The casino facilitates unauthorized gambling through heavily disguised fiat-to-crypto payment rails. Our analysis reveals that Polish VASP ChainValley—acting as the successor to suspended Lithuanian utPay—systematically circumvents banking blocks, masking casino deposits via mainstream e-wallets like Skrill, Neteller, and Revolut.

A German offshore-casino player has provided FinTelegram with a detailed account that directly supports our working hypothesis: ChainValley is replacing Lithuania’s suspended utPay/UTRG stack inside casino cashier flows—especially where deposits are branded as Skrill. The player describes a “Skrill payment” that is actually a crypto purchase + wallet transfer, and a refund/KYC workflow where ChainValley support allegedly sent the verification link—suggesting operational continuity behind the scenes.

A leaked transaction receipt from a victim of the Galaktika N.V. casino scheme reveals the use of "NGPayments." This technical layer acts as a cloaking device, allowing high-risk offshore casinos to exploit the Skrill and Rapid Transfer networks while masking the true destination of funds through UK and Cyprus-based shell companies.

The Briantie Group, centered around Cyprus entity Briantie Limited and Curaçao‑licensed Wiraon B.V., illustrates a high‑risk model in which offshore casino operators leverage EU‑based payment agents and opaque crypto processors to target players in prohibited markets such as Italy. The group’s structure, domain practices, and payment setup raise significant regulatory and AML/CTF red flags.

The Dutch regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has imposed a €4,228,000 administrative fine on Starscream Limited for offering illegal online gambling to Dutch players via RantCasino, AllstarzCasino, and SugarCasino. The KSA explicitly frames enforcement as a “third-party” problem too—working with payment service providers, banks, hosting, and big tech—because unlicensed casinos don’t scale without rails.

The Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has imposed a €4,228,000 administrative fine on Starscream Limited for offering illegal online gambling to Dutch players via Rantcasino, AllstarzCasino, and SugarCasino. The case underlines what FinTelegram has been documenting for months: these are not “minor violations,” but systematic breaches—and the payment stack enabling them is part of the risk surface.

Following FinTelegram's December 2025 exposé on the Winning.io / Scatters Group network, a whistleblower has provided documentary evidence confirming that the economic ownership and control structure traces directly to Starkeast Management B.V., controlled by Menno Jordaan. The whistleblower states: "The owner of these sites (all of them) is now, starkeast service owned by menno jordaan. he is the director of starscream aswell." 

FinTelegram has expanded its review beyond Legiano and observed a repeatable pattern across multiple casino brands attributed to the operator Stellar Ltd: near-identical site structures, minimal operator disclosure, boilerplate “applicable law” clauses, and the same payment rails—most notably “fake bank transfers” facilitated by Polish Chainvalley.

Our review of offshore casino Legiano (legiano.com) shows a recurring “fake-fiat” deposit pattern: what is presented as a normal fiat top-up is, in reality, an embedded crypto purchase (USDC) that is automatically routed to the casino’s wallets via app.chainvalley.pro—with only minimal, pre-ticked disclosure.

Online casinos are easily transferable digital assets. The transfer of Gammix Ltd's casinos to offshore operator Starscream Ltd raises serious questions about the continued illegal gambling activities in Europe. Despite massive penalties from the Dutch regulator KSA, Gammix appears to have simply shifted its operations offshore, where it continues to flout regulatory oversight facilitated by regulated payment processors.

Another day, another exposed illegal online casino facilitated via Cyprus. Payment processors play a crucial role in sustaining this underground economy. FinTelegram's research repeatedly reveals that without these facilitating payment processors, many illegal online schemes, particularly in the gambling sector, would not thrive. Currently, we are focusing on the brands of the collapsed Rabidi Group that continue to operate anonymously and unauthorized. Here is our report on Cazimbo.