That was a pivotal moment for us because we had now heard from the RCMP . that there are proceeds of crime being used through a money service business in Richmond, Lightbody said. That alarmed me greatly. I was blown away.
Lightbody testified the report prompted the lottery corporation to step up its anti-money laundering efforts in 2015, which included requiring some players to disclose the source of their cash and banning others from the facilities outright. We were all shocked at this, he said. We said, We ve got to do something about this.
The lottery corporation which has a mandate to manage and safeguard casinos implemented a policy in 2018 saying players wanting to buy in at a casino with $10,000 or more in cash must prove where the money came from.
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Robert Kroeker says a high-level briefing on his first day at BCLC involved a corporate security document that concluded lottery officials appeared unwilling to address police concerns about suspicious cash and its potential connections to organized crime.
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