International criminal organisations are believed to have been using a $2 shell company to launder money at Crown Perth from at least 2014.Money flowed from shell company Riverview Investments to Crown PerthAs the bombshell report of the NSW inquiry into casino operator Crown has outlined, the company called Riverview Investments Pty Ltd was the conduit for hundreds of millions of dollars to Perth's monopoly casino.
Commissioner Patricia Bergin said in her report that Riverview and a similar company called Southbank, which channelled money to Crown Melbourne, were "infiltrated and exploited by criminal elements, probably including international criminal organisations" since at least 2014. Commissioner Bergin found Riverview and Southbank had been infiltrated and exploited by criminal elements.
ASIC records show Riverbank Investments Pty Ltd is a $2 company owned by Crown Resorts Limited, with Crown Resorts chief executive Ken Barton its sole director and company secretary Mary Manos its secretary.
Is anybody surprised.
If it's proven, rather than 'believed' then it's time for authorities to shut down Crown, and ban the owners and managers responsible from ever operating gambling (and many other types of) businesses ever again.
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At a casino 😱... who would’ve thought organised crime and money laundering would happen at a place like this
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The words 'Probably, believed to have' in these allegations don't inspire confidence that any of it is true. 🤷♂️🤦♂️