WILLEMSTAD – Financial-forensic investigator Luigi Faneyte is calling for a far-reaching investigation into the role of Random Systems International in Curaçao’s online gaming sector after the company secured a central position in the development of a gambling monitoring and control system in Armenia.
According to Faneyte, documents he recently reviewed show that Random Systems International, a company linked to consultant Mario Galea, had been negotiating with the Armenian government since April 2026. It has since become known, he said, that Random Systems will play a central role in monitoring, supervision, data analysis and the integration of gambling products in Armenia.
Faneyte argues that the development raises important questions for Curaçao because Random Systems and Galea have been closely involved in the transformation of the island’s gaming regulatory framework.
He points out that Armenia currently does not have an international online gaming industry comparable to Curaçao’s, raising the question of what expertise, technology, contacts and experience Random Systems will use to establish the Armenian system and whether any of those resources were developed through its activities involving Curaçao.
“This is not simply about a foreign consultant obtaining another assignment somewhere else,” Faneyte said. “If a party has had a key role for years in our licenses, systems and contacts with operators, Curaçao needs to know what happens when that same party starts building a competing system in another country.”
According to Faneyte, the questions go beyond competition and include ownership and protection of data, relationships with existing Curaçao license holders and employment and revenue that had been expected to benefit the island.
He wants authorities to determine whether information about Curaçao operators could potentially be used to attract those same companies to Armenia. He is also asking who owns the relevant systems and data and whether expertise developed with Curaçao public funds could now benefit another jurisdiction.
“Which knowledge was built with Curaçao’s money? And are jobs and future revenues that were promised to Curaçao now at risk of going elsewhere?” Faneyte asked.
He also highlighted what he considers a significant difference in how Random Systems obtained its position in the two jurisdictions.
According to Faneyte, Random Systems had to win a public tender in Armenia. He argues that this makes it even more important for Curaçao authorities to explain how Galea and companies associated with him obtained their position on the island.
Faneyte wants to know whether Curaçao held a public tender, which other companies were given an opportunity to participate, what conditions were imposed, who approved the contracts and what role former Finance Minister Javier Silvania played in bringing Galea into the process and positioning him within Curaçao’s gaming reform.
Faneyte has previously filed criminal complaints involving, among others, Silvania and Galea. His allegations have not been established by a court, and the individuals and entities mentioned should be considered entitled to respond to the claims.
The controversy dates back several years. Curaçao Chronicle reported on July 25, 2022, citing anonymous sources within the then Gaming Control Board (GCB), that Galea had proposed addressing staffing shortages by having work performed through a company connected to him. Faneyte says that company was Random Systems in Georgia, a subsidiary of Random Systems International.
Faneyte said that disclosure became a starting point for his subsequent investigation.
“How could a foreign adviser himself propose a structure in which all activities would run through a company connected to him?” he asked. “Who approved that proposal, what alternatives were examined and why was there apparently no public tender?”
Faneyte believes Finance Minister Charles Cooper’s previously announced independent investigation into payments made to foreign consultants should therefore be broadened considerably.
According to him, investigators should examine not only how much money was paid, but who ultimately controlled critical systems, data, relationships with license holders and access to Curaçao’s gaming market.
“The core question is who ultimately had control over the systems, the data, the license holders and the market,” Faneyte said.
He argues that Curaçao must first establish how Galea obtained his position, determine which critical regulatory functions became dependent on him or companies associated with him, and then investigate whether that position or knowledge is now being used to develop what could become a competing gaming jurisdiction in Armenia.
Faneyte also called on the Public Prosecutor’s Office to clarify its position, arguing that the matter has potentially significant consequences for Curaçao’s economic interests.