VCGLR – Financial Treason & Crime

Gus McCubbing, 26 May 2021

Crown faced pushback after cutting by half the length of a historical review into the presence of money laundering in its bank accounts, a royal commission has heard.

Provisional results from the review show indications of money laundering as recently as February, an inquiry into whether Crown remains suitable to keep its licence for its Melbourne operations was told on Wednesday. Continue reading “Article: Crown still exposed to money laundering”

05/17/2021

Article: Victorian Royal Commission into Crown Melbourne begins

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Victorian Royal Commission into Crown Melbourne begins

Peter Lynch, 17 May 2021

The Victorian Royal Commission into the suitability of Crown Resorts to hold a casino licence in Melbourne commenced today.

The commission revealed its first four witnesses as Timothy Bryant and Jason Cremona from the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR), Dr Murray Lawson, director of Ethics and Risk Culture at accounting firm Deloitte Australia, and Nick Stokes, head of financial crime and money laundering reporting officer at Crown Resorts Limited.

Opening questions for Bryant and Cremona will focus on the VCGLR’s monitoring of the operator, its investigation into the arrests of 19 staff members in China in 2016, as well as junket operations. Continue reading “Article: Victorian Royal Commission into Crown Melbourne begins”