That document allegedly confirms intense communications, including through WhatsApp, between Nicol\u00e1s Imschenetzky, the owner of Marina del Sol, and others during the months leading up to the suspicious bids. There were also face-to-face meetings where they exchanged information that may have manipulated the tender process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In response to his lawsuit, Marina del Sol\u2019s board and Imschenetzky have accused Mu\u00f1oz of accessing and sharing confidential information.<\/p>\n
The documents revealed that four months before the awarding of the tenders, the bosses of Enjoy, Dreams, and Marina del Sol created a WhatsApp group called “Coord. Industry Themes.” In addition, there were two face-to-face meetings involving Imschenetzky and others, one on July 23 and another on Sept. 1, 2021.<\/p>\n
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The investigation also uncovered audio recordings of the executives. “Enjoy’s information about its competitive strategy is sufficient to be considered an agreement or concerted practice that substantially reduced uncertainty in suspicious tenders,” the FNE investigation concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
It added that Dreams and Marina del Sol didn’t completely give away their competitive strategies, nor did they reach any type of explicit agreement about a deal. However, the prosecutor’s office determined that there was a mutual understanding that the idea was to respect each other\u2019s position.<\/p>\n
As a result, the FNE concluded that Marina del Sol facilitated collusion, and that the discussions constituted an agreement in relation to the tenders. In addition, it maintains that, unless the companies can offer a better explanation, the recommendation is to seek prosecution against those involved.<\/p>\n
Enjoy has already denied the allegations. It issued a public statement, saying that the conversations involving its CEO, Henry Comber, were related to “trade union matters,” not the tenders.<\/strong><\/p>\nNeither Dreams nor Marina del Sol had commented publicly before press time. However, Imschenetzky has previously denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two major casino operators in Latin America, Enjoy and Dreams, want to merge to become an even larger operator in Chile. The plan isn’t going smoothly, and new allegations of wrongdoing among casino executives in the country could cause the deal to collapse. Media outlet Diario Financiero revealed the possible collusion this weekend. It presented […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":267162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,81884],"tags":[82294,13363,81904],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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