Turkish tycoon used Polish company to promote illegal iGaming platforms to Turkish-speaking audiences

A joint investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and media outlets from Poland, Ukraine, and Cyprus found that the company FAF Global Company, later renamed Oliwka Covenant Technologies, provided telemarketing services for the platforms MeritKing, MadridBet, and KingRoyal.

According to a former company employee, whenever one of the platforms’ domains was blocked in Turkey, clients were sent new website addresses via SMS, Telegram, and WhatsApp. Journalists also found that between 2018 and 2023, Turkish authorities blocked more than 100 domain variations of the MeritKing and MadridBet brands.

FAF Global’s CEO stated that the company provides only marketing services to operators, and that the platforms themselves operate under licenses. However, journalists established that some of the sites use licenses from the island of Anjouan, which are not recognized by European Union regulators.

The Warsaw prosecutor’s office confirmed that an investigation is underway but did not disclose Kılıçaslan’s procedural status. It is known that in Turkey he is wanted internationally through Interpol in connection with facilitating illegal iGaming.

For affiliates and media buyers, the more relevant detail is the corporate structure itself — a renamed marketing entity providing telemarketing and domain-rotation services on behalf of blocked brands is exactly the kind of intermediary that regulators increasingly treat as a co-conspirator rather than a neutral vendor.