Craven & Tehrani’s Stake caught in Curaçao paperwork leak

A Berlin hacker leaked Curaçao licensing files for thousands of gambling sites, including Stake’s application paperwork.

The hit

Curaçao regulators raised red flags in Stake’s licence paperwork before granting approval, according to a huge document leak reported by the Australian Financial Review. Stake is one of the world’s largest online gambling companies, according to the AFR. The leak, carried out by hacker Lilith Wittmann, exposed thousands of gambling site licence applications, with Stake among them.

Why it matters

Ed Craven & Bijan Tehrani’s Stake operates globally, including in South America & India, & holds a Curaçao licence. If regulators queried its paperwork, that raises questions about how rigorously Curaçao vets gambling licence applicants.

The record

Leak source	Berlin-based hacker Lilith Wittmann
Company named	Stake, Melbourne-based crypto-casino
Report date	25 September 2026

What happens next

Watch for Curaçao’s regulator or Stake to respond publicly to the leaked paperwork, & for further reporting on what red flags the documents contained.

Sources: Ed Craven’s Stake gambling licence queried in Curaçao document leak

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