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Were officials overseeing gambling too focused on revenue and not social responsibility in order to meet then premier Christy Clark’s expectations? That’s the question put to former B.C. Lottery . . .
The ‘Cullen Commission’ of inquiry into money laundering in B.C. heard from Doug Scott, manager of the Gaming Police and Enforcement Branch (GPEB) between 2011 and 2013, lower right. Justice Austin Cullen, top, is the commissioner, who is assisted by lead counsel Patrick McGowan, bottom left Photograph By Cullen Commission An ex-RCMP officer turned manager of gambling regulations for the B.C. government says he had lost confidence in the federal police organization to effectively tackle financial crime such as money laundering occurring in the province’s casinos. ...
Where did the buck stop? Or, rather, where did the duffel bags stuffed with $20 bills – suspected to be from Vancouver’s deadly, illicit opioid trade – stop? That’s the constant question circling over the public inquiry into money laundering in B.C. during recent testimony from four key executives from the B.C. Lottery Corp. (BCLC), the Crown corporation tasked to manage gambling in the province. Over two weeks, Allison Latimer and Patrick McGowan, counsel for the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C., examined three former heads of security and compliance for BCLC and th...
Over two weeks, Allison Latimer and Patrick McGowan, counsel for the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C., examined three former heads of security and compliance for BCLC and their boss, president and CEO Jim Lightbody, in an attempt to drill down on what BCLC knew, and did – or did not do – about frequent six-figure buy-ins with small denominations bundled in elastic bands. “Was it your expectation that for players wanting to buy in at that level it would be much more convenient and easier for them to arrive with a bank draft or have funds wired rather than walking in ...
The former chairman of the board at the British Columbia Lottery Corp. says he advised cabinet ministers in two different governments to get out of high-end gaming where bet limits reached $100,000.