Home of the Australian Poker Championship or otherwise known as Aussie Millions, the Crown Casino will be facing a fast-tracked review of its license as a result of reports linking them to money laundering and other illegal activities.
It has been barely a month since lawyers representing Crown Resorts in Australia admitted that it may have been possible that two of the casino operator's bank accounts were utilized for criminal activity, even though the company was not aware of it at the time. That came after months of repeated denials of wrongdoing as Crown continues to be investigated for many things from rigging gaming machines to allowing war criminals to play, to illegal junket relationships, to money laundering, among others.
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An Australian court has heard that two days ago, a certain Malaysian man who caused panic and mass evacuation at Crown Casino in Melbourne after saying he was a terrorist was being "stupid" and was unlikely to be a serious threat.
A man carrying a backpack has been arrested right after he was seen behaving erratically outside the premises of Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The incident caused a mass evacuation, with terrified employees and diners fleeing onto the street.
Surely if you have aspirations to become a police officer someday, then snatching away $125,000 worth of casino chips in full view of CCTV cameras isn't exactly the best way to get closer to your goals.
On Friday, Chinese police have reportedly detained many representatives of Australian casino giant Crown Resorts Ltd and the real reason was not divulged as of yet. Shares in billionaire James Packer's Australian gaming and resorts company Crown Resorts fell by over 10% today following the arrest of 18 of its employees by the Chinese authorities, which included three Australian nationals. Crown's executive general manager of international VIP services Jason O'Connor has been verified as one of the detained Australians.
When it comes to casinos it is always said that the house always wins in the end. However, this old gambling adage never stopped a croupier along with five friends from stealing more than $85,000 from Crown Casino.
