The Paraguayan sports betting company Aposta.la has denied in a public statement any relationship with illegal activities following accusations arising from a confidential report from the Secretariat on Prevention of Money Laundering (Seprelad), which was shared by local media.
Seprelad’s report was sent to the Public Ministry and later shared by local outlet La Nación. It claims that only 6% of Aposta.la’s operations go through the banking system. Additionally, in a one-year period between August 2018 and 2019, 241 prizes worth over $3.7m were awarded to just 80 people.
“Several people don’t have the justified solvency to place millionaire bets and win repeatedly,” highlights the Seprelad report, which will investigate whether the bookmaker is a front business to launder money for Marco Trovato, owner of Daruma Sam, the parent company of Aposta.la.
