Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Program
Compliance Procedures
1. Company Policy
It is the policy of Luck and Buck BV (the “Company”) to prohibit and actively prevent money laundering and any activity that facilitates money laundering or the funding of terrorist or criminal activities. The Company strives to comply with all applicable requirements under the legislations in force in the jurisdictions of the European Union members in which the Company operates, pursuant to the Directive 7 May 2020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 24 July 2019 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing and the forthcoming 5th Directive on Money laundering.
Money laundering is generally defined as engaging in acts designed to conceal or disguise the true origins of criminally derived proceeds so that the proceeds appear to have derived from legitimate origins or constitute legitimate assets.
Terrorist financing may not involve the proceeds of criminal conduct, but rather an attempt to conceal either the origin of the funds or their intended use, which could be for criminal purposes. Legitimate sources of funds are a key difference between terrorist financiers and traditional criminal organizations.
Although the motivation differs between traditional money launderers and terrorist financiers, the actual methods used to fund terrorist operations can be the same as or similar to methods used by other criminals to launder funds. Funding for terrorist attacks does not always require large sums of money and the associated transactions may not be complex. The Company or the group of companies of which the Company is part, is licensed and regulated by Curacao eGaming to offer remote (on-line) games over the internet, under the National Decree August 18, 1998 No. 14. Under the license conditions issued by Curaçao, the Company is required to have in place adequate measures to prevent its systems from being used for the purposes of money laundering, terrorist financing or any other criminal activity.
The Company is therefore obliged to follow the provisions contained in the Curaçao legal framework in particular the National Decree August 18, 1998 No. 14 and the legislations in force in any other jurisdiction in which the Company undertakes its activities.
2. Objective of the Policy
2.1 The Company is fully committed to be constantly vigilant to prevent money laundering and combat the financing of terrorism in order to minimize and manage risks such as the risks to its reputational risk, legal risk and regulatory risk. It is also committed to its social duty to prevent serious crime and not to allow its systems to be abused in furtherance of these crimes.
2.2 The Company will endeavor to keep itself updated with developments both at national and international level on any initiatives to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism. It commits itself to protect, at all times, the organization and its operations and safeguards its reputation and all from the threat of money laundering, the funding of terrorist and other criminal activities.
2.3 The Company’s policies, procedures and internal controls are designed to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, rules, directives and regulations relevant to the Company’s operations and will be reviewed and updated on a regular basis to ensure appropriate policies, procedures and internal controls are in place.
3. Player Identification Program
3.1 The Company will take reasonable steps to establish the identity of any person for whom it is proposed to provide its service (hereinafter “ Players”). For this purpose the process for the registration of Players provided for under the General Terms and Conditions of the Company provides for the due diligence process that must be carried out before the opening of a user account.
3.2 The Company will keep at all times a secure online list of all registered Players and information and documents will be retained in accordance with the applicable data protection obligations.
3.3 The Company will collect certain minimum Player identification information from each Player who opens an account and start to make deposit by card or other international payment system.
The Company will not accept to make deposit by card, make deposit by other international payment system from anonymous or accounts in fictitious names such that the true beneficial owner is not known.
The Company will not accept any funds withdrawal from anonymous or accounts in fictitious names such that the true beneficial owner is not known.
The information required will include at least:
a. Player’s date of birth (showing that the player is over eighteen (18) years of age);
b. Player’s first and last name;
c. Player’s place of residence;
d. Player’s credit card or banking information;
d. Player’s valid email address; and
e. Player’s username and a password.
3.4 Documents to verify the identity information received will be requested from the Player if and when there is considered to be risk or uncertainty about the information provided and prior to any payment in excess of EUR 1000 per occasion, when payments to the account are made in excess of EUR 2000 or Player order any funds withdrawal.
These documents shall include, to the extent permitted under the relevant data protection regulations:
a. A copy of a valid identity card or passport;
b. Proof of address;
c. The company can request additional information from the Player, including, but not limited to, a photo with a passport in hand or a photo of a bank card (First 4 and last 4 digits and cardholder`s name must be visible, CVV2/CVC codes must be painted over)
3.5 The Company may supplement the use of documentary evidence by using other means which may include:
a. Independently verifying the Player’s identity through the comparison of information provided by the Player with information obtained from a reporting agency, public database or other source;
b. Checking references with financial institutions; or
c. Obtaining a financial statement.
d. Company can request additional Video verification from the Player if and when there is considered to be risk or uncertainty about the information provided.
3.6 The Company will inform relevant Players that the Company may seek identification information to verify their identity, and will compare Player identification information with government or international -provided lists of suspected terrorists or sanction lists for example through the European Union or FATF on a monthly basis.
3.7 Any employee of the Company who becomes aware of an uncertainty in relation to the accuracy and truthfulness of the Player information provided shall immediately notify the AML Compliance Person, who will review the materials and determine whether further identification is required and or so that it may be determined whether a report is to be sent to the relevant authorities.
3.8 If a potential or existing Player either refuses to provide the information described above when requested, or appears to have intentionally provided misleading information, the Company will not open a new account and, after considering the risks involved, consider closing any existing account. In either case, the AML Compliance Person will be notified so that it may be determined whether a report is to be sent to the relevant authorities.
3.9 If a Player appears on an list of (suspected terrorists or otherwise sanctioned individuals the Company will take the appropriate steps to immediately freeze and or lose the account of the Player.
3.10 If any material personal information of a Player changes, verification documents will be requested.
4. Continuous transaction due diligence
4.1 The Company will monitor account activity with special attention, and to the extent possible, the background and purpose of any more complex or large transactions and any transactions which are particularly likely, by their nature, to be related to money laundering or the funding of terrorism.
4.2 Monitoring will be conducted through the following methods: Transactions will be automatically monitored and a report will be generated daily that show all transactions above 1000 EURO along with all the details of the users making those transactions. An additional report will be generated daily per user that made a transaction above 1000 EURO detailing their collected ID documents, collected personal details, and their entire account transaction history.
4.3 The AML Compliance Person will be responsible for this monitoring, will review any activity that the monitoring system detects, will determine whether any additional steps are required, will document when and how this monitoring is carried out, and will report suspicious activities to the relevant authorities.
4.4 Parameters that signal possible money laundering or terrorist financing include, but are not limited to:
a) Wire transfers to/from financial secrecy havens or high-risk geographic location without an apparent reason.
b) Many small, incoming wire transfers or deposits made using checks and money orders. Almost immediately withdrawn or wired out.
c) Wire activity that is unexplained, repetitive, unusually large or shows unusual patterns or with no apparent specific purpose.
4.5 When an employee of the Company detects any activity that may be suspicious, he or she will notify the AML Compliance Person. AML Compliance Person will determine whether or not and how to further investigate the matter. This may include gathering additional information internally or from third-party sources, contacting the government, freezing the account and/or filing a report.
4.6 The Company will not accept cash or non-electronic payments from Players. Funds may be received from Players only by any of the following methods: credit cards, debit cards, electronic transfer, wire transfer cheques and any other method approved by the rules of Company.
4.7 The Company will only transfer payments of winnings or refunds back to the same route from where the funds originated, where possible.
4.8 Transfers of funds between Players accounts shall prohibited.
4.9 To the extent the Company utilizes a third party to process and record payments to and from Player and accounts, the Company will ensure the services provider has transaction monitoring systems in place which will allow for screening of the transactions pursuant to these provisions and in accordance with the applicable legislation.
4.10 Records relating to the financial transactions shall be maintained in accordance with the data protection and retention requirements in the applicable jurisdiction of Curaçao.
4.11 If the amount of deposits exceeds EURO 10,000, the Company has the right to claim the source of the origin of funds.
5. Suspicious Transactions and Reporting
The AML Compliance Person will report any suspicious transactions (including deposits and transfers) conductedor attempted by, at or through a Player account involving EUR 1,000 or more of funds either individually or EUR 2000 (in the aggregate) where the AML Compliance Person knows, suspects or has reason to suspect:
a. The Player is included on any list of individuals assumed associated with terrorism or on a sanctions list;
b. The transaction involves funds derived from illegal activity or is intended or conducted in order to hide or disguise funds or assets derived from illegal activity as part of a plan to violate or evade laws or regulations or to avoid any transaction reporting requirement under law or regulation;
c. The transaction has no ordinary lawful purpose or is not the sort in which the Player would normally be expected to engage, and after examining the background, possible purpose of the transaction and other facts, we know of no reasonable explanation for the transaction; or
d. The transaction involves the use of the Company to facilitate criminal activity.
6. Training Programs
6.1 The Company will develop ongoing employee training under the leadership of the AML Compliance Person and senior management. The training will occur on at least an annual basis. It will be based on the Company’s size, its Player base, and its resources and be updated as necessary to reflect any new developments in the law.
6.2 The training will include, at a minimum:
(1) how to identify red flags and signs of money laundering that arise during the course of the employees’ duties;
(2) what to do once the risk is identified (including how, when and to whom to escalate unusual Player activity or other red flags for analysis;
(3) what employees’ roles are in the Company’s compliance efforts and how to perform them;
(4) the Company’s record retention policy; and
(5) the disciplinary consequences for non-compliance with legislation
6. Documents storage period
In order to minimize risks, the Company stores KYC and AML documents for two years. The partners of the company providing KYC services operate according to their own rules.
7. Politically Exposed Persons (PEP).
Company have to respond to any attempt to gamble by any person qualifying as Politically Exposed Person, i.e. any person holding significant public office (or who has held it at any time in the preceding year), having access to public funds or in a position of influence. PEPs include the readily identifiable family and associates of such persons. A risk based approach should be applied based on the value and scale of gambling and the location of such customer. The questionnaires shall include questions identifying PEPs.
8. Restricted Countries and attempt to hide personal data by a player
Players from the countries listed below are not allowed to use the services of ukatucasino.com:
Banned countries include the, Algeria, Angola, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Syria, Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea, USA, UK, France, the Netherlands, Curacao, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian Federation, Israel.
The Company reserves the exclusive right to unilaterally decline any clients' application and/or terminate further provision of services without any statements or explanations to the client in case of breach of KYC policy.
8. Classification of High Risk Customers
Customer Identification situations that present a higher money-laundering risk
might include, but are not restricted to:
a) Customers linked to high risk countries
b) Customers from high risk business sectors
c) Customers who have unnecessarily complex or opaque beneficial ownership structures
d) Unusual account activity
e) Lack an obvious economic or lawful purpose
f) Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
Customers who are close relatives of PEPs
Entities whose ultimate beneficial owner is a Politically Exposed Person.
g) Customers with dubious reputation as per public information available