William Hill fined record £19.2m for failings

Three gambling firms owned by William Hill person been deed with £19.2m successful fines for failing to support consumers and anemic anti-money laundering controls.

The Gambling Commission said it had uncovered "widespread and alarming" issues astatine the company.

The problems were truthful terrible the committee had "seriously considered" suspending the firm's licence.

In 1 case, a lawsuit was allowed to unfastened a caller relationship and walk £23,000 successful 20 minutes without immoderate checks.

As good arsenic insufficient controls successful spot to support caller customers, the committee besides recovered respective failures to defender against imaginable wealth laundering.

It recovered cases wherever customers were allowed to deposit ample amounts without the concern conducting due checks.

The committee said 1 lawsuit was capable to walk and suffer £70,134 successful a month, portion different deposited £73,535 and mislaid £14,068 successful 4 months.