Buenos Aires prosecutor freezes Miljugadas betting site’s funds

Argentine authorities have frozen the bank accounts of a local online betting site they claim to be operating without authorization.

On Wednesday, the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Buenos Aires ordered the suspension of the Miljugadas1.com domain for organizing and promoting gambling to the city’s citizens without local authorization.

Prosecutor Martin Lapadú (pictured) also ordered the site’s bank accounts frozen and for financial institutions to refrain from processing any transactions on behalf of the site. Lapadú warned internet service providers that failure to block the Miljugadas domain could result in charges for assisting an illegal gambling operator.

Under Argentine law, illegal gambling operators can face prison sentences of between three and six years. Miljugadas lists its office address in the province of Misiones, but Lapadú says he’s yet to identify the site’s directors and representatives.