{"id":777045800,"date":"2026-08-05T08:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777045800"},"modified":"2026-08-05T08:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:46:44","slug":"bangladesh-freezes-14000-more-mobile-accounts-over-alleged-use-for-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/bangladesh-freezes-14000-more-mobile-accounts-over-alleged-use-for-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh freezes 14,000 more mobile accounts over alleged use for online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The action brings the total number of accounts targeted in the past month to around 24,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh.- The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU)<\/strong> has reported that it has begun freezing approximately 14,000 additional mobile financial service (MFS) accounts<\/strong> suspected of being used for online gambling and digital transactions. The latest action follows the freezing of 10,000 MFS accounts<\/strong> a few weeks ago, bringing the total number of accounts blocked over the past month to around 24,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a senior BFIU official, authorities acted after receiving intelligence from another government agency. Investigators have also identified key individuals linked to the networks and forwarded the information to the relevant authorities for action. The BFIU said it is also working to prevent users whose accounts were frozen from opening new MFS accounts using their national identity cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside the enforcement measures, Bangladesh Bank, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and mobile financial services provider bKash have launched a nationwide public awareness campaign<\/a> highlighting the legal and financial risks associated with online gambling, with a particular focus on younger users.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Campaign to warn of new online gambling penalties in Bangladesh<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The action brings the total number of accounts targeted in the past month to around 24,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777043470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has frozen approximately 24,000 mobile financial service (MFS) accounts suspected of facilitating online gambling and illicit digital transactions. This enforcement action, supported by intelligence from other government agencies, includes identifying key individuals and preventing new account openings. Concurrently, Bangladesh Bank, CID, and bKash have launched a public awareness campaign targeting the risks of online gambling.","focusai_entities":"Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Bangladesh Bank, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), bKash","focusai_location":"Bangladesh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.7), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"BFIU Enforcement Impact","query":"What are the long-term implications of the BFIU's aggressive MFS account freezing strategy on the prevalence of illicit online gambling and the broader digital payments ecosystem in Bangladesh?"},{"label":"Cross-Border AML","query":"How might these domestic enforcement actions in Bangladesh influence international anti-money laundering (AML) cooperation and regulatory frameworks concerning cross-border digital gambling transactions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16334],"tags":[24906,25174,4138],"class_list":["post-777045800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-bangladesh","tag-crackdown","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045800","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=777045800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777045811,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045800\/revisions\/777045811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777043470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777045800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777045800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777045800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}