Sep 10, 2024
By Mia Doyle
Wynn Las Vegas Forfeits $130M to Settle Money Laundering Case
“Wynn Las Vegas has agreed to pay $130 million to settle a case involving federal prosecutors in San Diego, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The Las Vegas Strip casino admitted to working with unlicensed money transmitters several years ago, which helped gamblers circumvent U.S. financial laws….
‘The criminal penalty paid by Wynn is the largest criminal penalty in the history of the Department of Justice for a casino. The criminal conduct involved third-party businesses, agents, and related entities in the United States, Latin America, and Asia,’ former federal prosecutor Daniel Silva, who led the investigation while at the US Attorney’s Office, said in a statement to Covers.”
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