{"id":777029437,"date":"2025-07-24T10:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777029437"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:41:18","slug":"south-korean-payment-firms-accused-of-aiding-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/south-korean-payment-firms-accused-of-aiding-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"South Korean payment firms accused of aiding online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Six payment gateway companies are accused of facilitating illegal online gambling operations<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- Six domestic payment gateway (PG) firms have been accused of facilitating gambling operations and other illegal activity. According to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the companies provided virtual accounts and payment processing infrastructure to criminal organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities say one unnamed company became a key financial enabler of voice phishing scams and illicit betting operations disguised as an ecommerce platform. The head of another company is accused of fabricating credit card sales data and using shell companies to obtain loans fraudulently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cases were uncovered through South Korea\u2019s virtual account monitoring system, which detects irregularities in monthly transaction data. Regulators then conducted targeted on-site inspections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIllegal gambling has evolved into a sophisticated digital operation,\u201d a spokesperson stated. \u201cWe will strengthen cooperation with prosecutors and push for legislative changes to close regulatory gaps exploited by these platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gambling in South Korea is highly restricted and most forms are banned for locals.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> South Korea police target alleged illegal online gambling network<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Six payment gateway companies are accused of facilitating illegal online gambling operations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777029440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Six payment gateway firms in South Korea are accused of facilitating illegal online gambling operations and other illicit activities by providing virtual accounts and payment processing infrastructure to criminal organizations. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) uncovered these cases through its virtual account monitoring system, leading to calls for strengthened regulatory cooperation and legislative amendments to address exploited gaps.","focusai_entities":"Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)","focusai_location":"South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Gap Analysis","query":"What specific legislative changes are being considered by the FSS to close the identified regulatory gaps exploited by payment gateway firms facilitating illegal iGaming operations?"},{"label":"PG Due Diligence","query":"How will this enforcement action by the FSS impact the due diligence requirements and risk assessment frameworks for licensed iGaming operators selecting B2B payment gateway partners globally?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[20326,24842,152],"class_list":["post-777029437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-payment-gateway","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777029437"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777029486,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029437\/revisions\/777029486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777029440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777029437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777029437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777029437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}