A director of Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) is involved in a money laundering probe that purportedly involves the listed manager of 5Dimes online sport book. Local media, La Nacion reported Tuesday that two accounts associated with Marisol Carvajal Cordero had reported revenues of USD$1,528 million in 2014 (nearly a billion colones, or 10% of Costa Rica’s national budget). According to the outlet the accounts were located in Malta and the United Arab Emirates (Dubai). Costa Rican Times provides an English translation of the article.
BCR closed the accounts in November when they were unable to verify the sources of the funds. The report claims that some of the nearly $1.53 billion in funds was transferred to 5Dimes’ parent company Red Planet. Banks in the U.S., UK, Germ…