Wynn Resorts Paying $130M for Letting Illegal Money Reach Gamblers at Its Las Vegas Strip Casino
Source: Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) Casino company Wynn Resorts Ltd. has agreed to pay $130 million to federal authorities and admit that it let unlicensed money transfer businesses around the world funnel funds to gamblers at its flagship Las Vegas Strip property.
The publicly traded company said a non-prosecution settlement reached Friday represented a monetary figure identified by the U.S. Justice Department as funds involved in the transactions at issue at the Wynn Las Vegas resort.
In statements to the media and to the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said the forfeiture wasnt a fine and findings in the decade-long case didnt amount to money laundering.
U.S. Attorney Tara McGrath in San Diego said the settlement showed that casinos are accountable if they let foreign customers evade U.S. laws. She said $130 million was believed to be the largest forfeiture by a casino based on admissions of criminal wrongdoing.
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Cherokee100
(304 posts)Can we say 'mafia money'. I wonder how much, went to 'Benedict Donald's' buddies.
FakeNoose
(34,752 posts)JoseBalow
(4,412 posts)PSPS
(14,016 posts)LudwigPastorius
(10,345 posts)It was more "currency dry cleaning".