{"id":117276,"date":"2019-10-15T09:05:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T16:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=117276"},"modified":"2019-10-15T10:34:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T17:34:47","slug":"crown-melbourne-in-money-laundering-fix-over-whistleblower-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/crown-melbourne-in-money-laundering-fix-over-whistleblower-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown Melbourne in Money Laundering Fix as Whistleblower Video Shows Bricks of Cash at Suncity VIP Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three anonymous, disaffected Australian gaming regulators have leaked damaging video footage of alleged money laundering taking place at the Crown Casino Melbourne in a VIP room managed by Macau super-junket Suncity.<\/p>\n

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Bags stuffed with cash: Leaked footage from Crown Melbourne\u2019s own security cameras appears to show suspicious activity at the Suncity VIP room. (Image: YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The whistleblowers\u2019 video depicts dozens of bricks of A$50 and A$100 bills being unloaded from a large grocery bag at the cashier\u2019s cage.<\/p>\n

The footage will heap further embarrassment on Crown and Suncity, which have had no shortage of fires to put out in recent months.<\/p>\n

In late July, Australian network Channel Nine\u2019s 60 Minutes<\/em><\/a> accused Crown Resorts of having untoward ties with junket operators, the middlemen who organize casino trips for high rollers from mainland China and lend them money to skirt Chinese restrictions on capital flight.<\/p>\n

60 Minutes Allegations<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The show claimed Crown turned a blind eye to criminal elements within the junkets and to money laundering, while exploiting weaknesses in the Australian visa system to fast-track VIPs into the country without the appropriate checks and balances.<\/p>\n

60 Minutes<\/em> also cited a leaked report from the Hong Kong Jockey Club, which briefed Australian police in May 2017 that Suncity CEO Alvin Chau<\/a> was allegedly involved in \u201clarge scale money-laundering activities\u201d and had links to the 14k triads.<\/p>\n

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Suncity is Macau\u2019s biggest junket operator, a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate that has diversified from middleman to casino owner in recent years through several investments in high-profile casino projects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Crown dismissed the 60 Minutes<\/em> investigation as a \u201csensationalized\u201d and \u201cdeceitful\u201d campaign that \u201cunfairly attempted to damage its reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n

“No One Cares”<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The new footage — taken from the Crown\u2019s own security cameras — was reportedly leaked by Victoria State gambling inspectors to the anti-gambling Independent lawmaker Andrew Wilkie.<\/p>\n

According to Wilkie, the whistleblowers told him they were sick of regulatory inaction over suspicious activities at the Suncity VIP room.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody can walk in with any amount of money and launder it,\u201d says one whistleblower, commenting over the footage, his voice disguised. \u201cNobody really cares. They get to do what they want. They can bring anybody into the casino, they can bring in as much money as they like, nothing is ever said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so much money, where would it come from?\u201d he added. \u201cAnd in an Aldi bag. If it was legit, why wasn\u2019t it in the bank?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anti-money laundering compliance requires casino staff to ask for proof of the source of any large cash transaction and file suspicious transaction reports to financial authorities.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Crown Casino said in an official statement it had a strong history of compliance with its legal and regulatory requirements, and the allegations that it permitted money laundering were baseless.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrown has a comprehensive anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) program, which has been and continues to be subject to ongoing regulatory supervision by Austrac (the\u00a0Australian government\u2019s financial intelligence agency),\u201d said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three anonymous, disaffected Australian gaming regulators have leaked damaging video footage of alleged money laundering taking place at the Crown Casino Melbourne in a VIP room managed by Macau super-junket Suncity. The whistleblowers\u2019 video depicts dozens of bricks of A$50 and A$100 bills being unloaded from a large grocery bag at the cashier\u2019s cage. 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