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Testimony on gaming is coming to an end at the Inquiry into Money Laundering with the main accusation in tatters that B.C. casinos were well-oiled machines for cleaning Dirty Money.
At worst, they may have been money-pits for proceeds of crime from crooks who liked to gamble, or those who borrowed money from criminals both mostly losing the ill-gotten gains.
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Attorney-General David Eby’s drive against a so-called “Vancouver Model” of organized crime with tentacles linking casinos, China, fentanyl and nefarious sleight-of-hand is sputtering in the face of facts.
Ian Mulgrew: B.C. Lottery CEO defends âdirty moneyâ controls before commission âBut you and I arenât the kind of people who want to bet $5,000 a hand on baccarat and spend 12 hours a day sitting at a table and betting that kind of moneyâ
Author of the article: Ian Mulgrew
Publishing date: Jan 28, 2021  â¢Â January 28, 2021  â¢Â 4 minute read  â¢Â B.C. Lottery Corp. executive Jim Lightbody, pictured in 2013. âI can tell you that we did everything in our power . to make sure we had the proper controls in place to mitigate the risk that criminals could use the casinos as a way to launder their dirty money,â Lightbody testified Thursday. Photo by Ian Lindsay /PNG files