A branch of Cantor Fitzgerald, previously called Cantor Gaming but currently functioning as CG Technology LP, has consented to a $22.5 million payment to resolve an inquiry into its prior participation in illicit wagering and financial misconduct.
The firm acknowledged that these actions were linked to a past manager who confessed to unlawful betting accusations three years prior. As a component of the resolution, CG Technology will remit a $16.5 million penalty and engage in a postponed prosecution arrangement with authorities.
Furthermore, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) imposed a distinct $12 million civil sanction on CG Technology, with half encompassed within the criminal settlement.
It’s noteworthy that Cantor Fitzgerald has been separating itself from this subsidiary since 2014, asserting no ownership interest. Paradoxically, during this period, the subsidiary developed into one of the largest sports wagering entities in the US.
“This expansion was founded on a disregard for regulations, which is intolerable,” declared Brooklyn US Attorney Robert Capers. He stressed how CG Technology, in its operations, transformed into a channel for money laundering by a minimum of two substantial unlawful betting ventures.
CG Technology manages sportsbooks within seven prominent Las Vegas casinos, encompassing renowned establishments like The Cosmopolitan, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, and The Venetian.
National legal representatives claimed that the wagering firm not only provided VIP clients preferential treatment, such as connections to Michael Colbert, the head of risk assessment tasked with establishing probabilities and wagering caps, but also unlawfully raised betting ceilings for them.
Colbert deliberately handled substantial monetary exchanges knowing the funds originated from illicit operations. The former Cantor Gaming leader and his staff also enabled third-party electronic fund transfers, permitting wagers to be placed via representatives or go-betweens, a method forbidden in Nevada.
CG Technology confessed to breaching federal statutes and collaborated with authorities, enacting modifications to its operations and compliance procedures at the urging of legal representatives.
In August 2013, Colbert entered a guilty plea to accusations of conspiring to manage an unlawful gaming enterprise and risked up to five years of imprisonment.
Cantor Gaming consented to a $5.5 million payment in 2014 to resolve accusations from the Nevada Gaming Control Board concerning the matter.
Chief Executive Officer Lee Amaitis stepped down in August following CG Technology’s agreement to pay $1.5 million to settle a separate dispute with Nevada regulators regarding problems with a computer program that resulted in inaccurate customer account settlements.