‘BCLC could have stopped this’: Former casino investigators question whether officials unwilling to stop criminal activity

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4:52 The whistleblower demands a public survey, and the Casino BC says that it is not "unaware" Warning: Internal accused requires a public survey, and the Casino BC says that it is not "unaware" - February 7, 2019

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Several former investigators who lost their job in the B. C. casino industry have questioned that B. C. government officials intentionally used the casino as a base for money laundering. BC State government officials have questioned that the government's regulated casinos may have intentionally allowed them to be used as a base for money laundering.

As an exclusive survey, Global News conducted a wide range of interviews with casin o-related stakeholders, and investigated the documents and court testimony of many stakeholders.

The sources pointed out the suspicion of dirty cash transactions in a Casino in BC, "intentional eyes". Some were wondering if the dirty funds estimated to be up to $ 2 billion of Global News would allow "conspiracy" and whether or not corrupts had occurred that allowed to flow through Lottery Corp.

They believe that public surveys should be conducted on scandals and are going to testify.

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Joe Chargk, a former Senior Director of the GPEB of the Gaming Policy (GPEB) in BC, was fired in December 2014.

Soke escalates a warning on money laundering within the BC state with his colleagues until he was fired in 2008, and analyzed GPEB data, and as a result, a "$ 1 billion more than 1 billion dollar" money laundering through a Casino in BC. It is presumed that it was being done.

He also suspects that he was fired due to whistleblowing money laundering.

"I believe this was allowed.

"BCLC should have stopped this. BCLC could stop it. If there was a survey, that would be evidence I submitted."

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Schalk, a former RCMP officer, said his colleagues at the GPEB were "in disbelief" when they read former officer Peter German's independent investigation into money laundering in BC casinos, which concluded that casino operators were "unwitting" victims of money laundering.

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"I would say there is no doubt. This is not unwillingness. I mean, if you look at it with an inquisitive mind, there is complicity. "And if there is willfulness allowed, then the next question is, where does the complicity end? And what different groups are involved?

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“Willful blindness”

An internal report filed in September 2015 by Ross Alderson, the Lottery Corporation's director of anti-money laundering, highlights the growing distrust and suspicion that the GPEB and some BC police leaders had towards the BCLC.

The report said Lottery Corporation investigators had found that about 40 Chinese VIP players at Richmond's River Rock Casino "were involved in cross-border cash laundering." "It describes how the alleged organised crime network, suspected of drug trafficking and money laundering, was linked to the delivery of huge sums of cash.

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In his September 2015 report, Alderson wrote that he had received information that police senior officials had instructed operational staff to deal with GPEB rather than BCLC. The comment was that BCLC leadership was reluctant to act because, in the eyes of the police, it was clear that the receipt of large amounts of cash "could reasonably be suspected to be the product of crime".

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Alderson feared that BCLC and casino management could also be accused of "willful blindness".

It should be feared that BCLC and service provider management could be accused of "willful blindness". Sources say law enforcement and government (GPEB) are "distancing themselves from BCLC" for this reason.

But BCLC remains under suspicion, despite asking the RCMP to investigate, Alderson writes.

As a result of the survey in the September report, Araderson is likely to be involved in hig h-interest lenders and Chinese VIP gamblers, and are regulated. It is highly likely that the BC's Gaming industry is involved in the gambler's criminal revenue. "

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Great Canadian, a reverlock operating company, said in this article and other allegations as follows: "As I have stated so far, this regulation gaming is strict gaming. In the industry, we take the responsibilities of compliance very seriously, all of which have all the laws and regulations applied to our industry and all the policies required by BCLC and regulatory authorities. And follow the procedure. "

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Also, in a legal letter from GREAT CANADIAN about the report of Global News, the lawyer of the company states: "... Fighting crime, a rever to eliminate malicious elements from casinos. The active efforts of rock casino staff and the coordination between both the law execution agencies and the regulatory authorities were praised in the previous RCMP commissioner Peter German.

In a 2015 report, Mr. Hourdson pointed out that a suspicious report at a casino could not have been reached by a government official in charge of BCLC casinos for some reason.

"GPEB was a complete recipient of suspicious transaction report (str) information for several years, but ... (str) was not filtered by the government's appropriate person."

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Orderson did not comment on this article. He left the post in December 2017. Mr. "Global NEWS has been disagreeable in GLOBAL NEWS, and German has not conducted an interview with the game industry key person.

In a response referring to the September 2015 report filed by Alderson, BCLC said: "Senior RCMP officials have advised that BCLC should continue to share information with the RCMP and complete suspicious transaction reports, but the officials also warned that BCLC should not take any other action without first discussing it with the RCMP's federal and organized crime units.

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Shaluk said some executives did not agree that the cash was suspicious because of the huge amounts of cash flowing into Lottery's casinos. He said executives with police experience maintained the absurd belief that Chinese VIP gamblers were flying to Canada with hundreds of Canadian dollars worth of cash.

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Another whistleblower source said another executive was aware that crime and money laundering were not being investigated by B. So government-regulated casinos can use the dirty money to repurpose it for productive use.

In response to this article, Lottery Corporation directly requested evidence, such as audio recordings, to answer the allegations.

"Without copies of the statements made by Global National or the names of the individuals making these statements by Global News, and because Global accuses the individuals of engaging in wrongdoing, it would be irresponsible for BCLC to comment without first fact-checking Global's article," the response from Lottery Corporation stated.

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In an interview, Schalk said he has heard people in the BC casino industry declare at various times that dirty money should be taxed, but he has never heard Lottery Corporation executives say so.

But as the amount of money BCLC was hoping to scam the dirty meters escalated "month by month, year by year, exponentially," Schalk says, several high-level GPEB investigators "began to worry that this was the way" BCLC was thinking.

The situation was so absurd, Schalk says, that they cynically complained to "higher ups" in the BCLC government. On this perception of BCLC's mentality:

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"We are convinced that this is a drag money on the street. Is it wrong to use a part of the money publicly and use it for education, hospitals, and welfare? If you are good, let's book on the border with Mexico: "B. C.'s casinos are open for dirty gold.

Charg acknowledged that GPEB, BC and II police had mistaken.

The fact that organizational crime and money laundering are rooted in casinos in BC is a former leader of RCMP's illegal gambling category, who has been known for a long time in RCMP and another whistleblower. Pinock says. However, it was in 2015 that RCMP began the most important investigation of casino money laundering, E-PIRATE.

Did you give some people and groups the aura "OK"? Does the police come in? "Shark asked."

RCMP has made a full review to clarify why an investigation on the E-pirate act, which had been accused, failed.

Rock Rock River Casino staff should refuse more than $ 500. 000 cash transactions per "byin", allegedly involved in the Chinese VIP and the eligible for the electronic pirated survey. Great Canadian explained in a legal letter in response to questions.

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"Great Canadian advises that those who have purchased for $ 10. 000 (regardless of the bank name) have a duty to BCLC. After going, judge whether the individual has sufficient assets to support the level of play, the Grand Canadians participate in these individuals. There is no reason to believe it is a person.

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Allegations of corruption

Proka Abramovic, one of the former security managers of a Canadian gambling company, claims that the company's casino staff had been asked to pretend to be looking at hig h-interest lending to bring cash to players. I am.

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Abra Movic and his boss, Boki Siki Mic, filed a claim in a Texas court oathing testimony in a lawsuit against American investors in a gambling venture in China in a gambling venture in China. The allegations were not proven, and the trial was settled with a reconciliation. Grand Canadian has repeatedly denied Abra Movic and Sikimi.

However, Abra Movic is a German report that overlooks that casino operators and public servants, including former police officers, called "Club Boy," are the head of the Casino Legal Legal Scandal in BC. The survey of the book says, "The fire was ignited."

So he wants to make a detailed claim at a hearing. He hopes that former Canadian gambling officials and incumbent employees will be called by testimony.

"Abramovic said," These people are afraid of speaking and speaking.

"The current focus of Canadian Canadians is that in order to effectively strengthen measures to prevent money laundering, the Casino Service Provider, BCLC, GPEB, and the Ministry of Justice is to make recommendations in German reports. We support important tasks dedicated by, "said Abramovic's allegations.

"In terms of your question, we commented on the former executive of Grand Canada to give readers/ viewers disadvantages, potentially hurt our honor, and slander/ our staff. Or warn you that you were relied on the tacit, serious risk, "read the response from Grand Canada.

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Grand Canadian added that former employees' claims that their management had instructed the staff to ignore the hig h-interest lending is not true, but based on "hearing, speculation, and exaggeration."

However, Abra Movic repeatedly argued that the effort to make a whistleblower by BC in the early 2000s was not rewarded. This is because the casino industry in BC was rapidly expanding.

"The BCLC and GPEB are starting to know what's going on, but have begun to take responsibility," Abramovic says. < SPAN> Abra Movic and his boss, Boki Sikimic, suggests this claim in a lawsuit in the Texas court in a lawsuit against an American investor in a gambling venture in China in a gambling venture in China. went. The allegations were not proven, and the trial was settled with a reconciliation. Grand Canadian has repeatedly denied Abra Movic and Sikimi.