Cullen Commission’s investigation into money laundering into British Columbia is far from over with every day surfacing new information on the matter. The latest hearing saw a testimony that the Chair of Board members of the BCLC did not warn the provincial gaming minister about the fact that the Crown […]

Online gambling has become one of the world’s most lucrative industries. Predictions say that by 2024 the revenues from this business will rise to a whopping $94.4 billion. Such a large money flow is opening a lot of opportunities for criminal activity, so anti-money laundering (AML) measures are forced on […]

The ongoing investigation by the Cullen Commission on money laundering activities in British Columbia has taken another twist. From yesterday’s hearing we learned that back in 2015, B.C. gambling executives could not agree on the proposed anti-money laundering measures in the fight with the alleged criminal activities on casinos’ premises. […]

The latest inquiry of the Cullen Commission heard that two British Columbia casino executives voicing their concerns about revenue drops to the BCLC amidst money laundering investigations by the Crown corporation. The first one was Rob Baker who was not-long ago CEO of Great Canadian Gaming, under which jurisdiction River […]

The latest information that surfaced from last week’s hearing of the Cullen’s Commission we learn that in 2015 the British Columbia Lottery Corporation rejected to follow anti-money laundering program. In order to keep revenue up and coming, the corporation did not comply with the provincial government’s proposed program to deal […]

Supreme Court Justice Austin Cullen was tasked with the responsibility of leading the public inquiry into money laundering, after three reports emerging of information of millions of dollars being laundered in real estate, luxury vehicles, and gaming industries. The topic of money laundering crime activities on casino premises has been […]

In Wednesday’s episode of the Cullen’s Commission, executive director of investigations for the B.C. Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch Cary Skrine testified that back in 2019 former VP of BCLC Robert Kroeker asked the anti-money laundering team to “loosen rules”. However, Wednesday’s inquiry finds that those allegations remain unproven since there […]

Former British Columbia Lottery Corporation VP Robert Kroecker accused David Eby of becoming disinterested in a 2017 meeting on the subject of anti-money laundering operations. In his words, Attorney-General Eby became less interested in monitoring and reporting money laundering on Canadian casinos’ premises, which coincided with the NDP forming government. […]