Report claims Iran-linked gambling network evaded sanctions to move $4 billion
Most outlets led with the claim that an Iran-linked online gambling network, in conjunction with a Dubai-based cryptocurrency platform, allegedly helped move $4 billion abroad while evading sanctions. The framing emphasized the scale of the operation and the use of crypto as a key method. Both excerpts highlight the report’s focus on the financial magnitude and the involvement of a Dubai-based office, though Aaj News described the location as being "above a budget hotel," while Daily Times omitted this detail.
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Illicit Iranian gambling network helped pull off a $4 billion sanctions dodge
One of the world’s largest illegal gambling networks sends millions of dollars worth of crypto through an office in Dubai, part of a $4 billion Iranian sanctions evasion operation. The office, above a budget hotel in an unfashionable neighbourhood, is the listed address of Shelbit, an unlicensed crypto exchange run by an expatriate Iranian, according to data shared by two crypto investigative f...
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Report alleges $4bn Iran-linked sanctions evasion network
A new investigative report has alleged that an Iran-linked online gambling network and a Dubai-based cryptocurrency platform helped move nearly $4 billion abroad while evading US and international sanctions, raising fresh concerns over the misuse of digital assets in cross-border financial transactions. Read More: Bahrain arrests 41 Iran–linked members According to the report, t...
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