Las Vegas Sands: Jannin Ya Marki Shekarar Dukanta Ta Karshe a Fagen Wasa

Duk wata cuta da aka karkasa ta wanke kudi (AML) da The Venetian ta yi wacce ta shafi jami’in hana bada labaran haram Mathew Bowyer, ta kasance ta karshe a jerin badakalar da Las Vegas Sands ta fuskanta kafin ta tsallake daga Las Vegas. Labarai sun fito makon da ya gabata cewa The Venetian ta amince da tarar dala miliyan 7.2 da Hukumar Kula da Wasa ta Nevada (NGCB) ta dorawa. Wannan hukunci ya shafi gazawa da suka danganci Bowyer, wanda ya kunshi lokacin da maigidan yanzu, Apollo Global Management, da kuma wanda ya mallaka a farko, Las Vegas Sands.

Lokacin da Sands ta sayar da The Venetian ga Apollo a 2021, hakan ta zama sanadin fita kamfanin daga kasuwar da ta ba shi suna. Yanzu haka kamfanin na mai da hankalinsa kan Macau da Singapore kawai, biyo bayan yunƙurin faɗaɗawa da aka dakatar a Amurka a Texas da New York. Sands har yanzu tana rike da hedikwatarta a Las Vegas, duk da cewa an sayar da gidajen watsa labarai nata, kuma sashen dijital nata, wanda shi ma ke a Las Vegas, an rufe shi a bara.

Adadi da Facts

Bisa binciken da NGCB ta gudanar, Mathew Bowyer, wanda yanzu ake alakanta shi da jimillar tarar AML da ta kai dala miliyan 34 a kan wasu masu gudanar da wata tara a Las Vegas, yana yin wasa a The Venetian tun 1999, shekarar da aka fara bude shi. Duk da haka, mafi mahimmancin cutar AML ta faru ne tsakanin 2019 zuwa 2021, kusa da ƙarshen lokacin mallakar Sands. Gidan watsa labarai ya kasa tabbatar da tushen kuɗin Bowyer tun daga 2019 kuma bai hana shi ba har zuwa 2024, daɗe da Apollo ya karɓi mulki. A cewar NGCB, daga 2019-2021, Bowyer ya yi tafiya 30 zuwa The Venetian, ya ajiye dala miliyan 22.3, kuma ya yi asarar dala miliyan 3.6. Waɗannan sakamakon sun ƙara zuwa abin da ake kira "jerin manyan abubuwan da suka faru na rashin ci gaba" ga Sands a shekarun da suka gabata kafin a sayar da The Venetian.

Lamarin Bowyer yayi kama da abin da ya faru a 2013 tare da wani abokin ciniki mai shakka, wanda ake zargin ɗan fataucin miyagun ƙwayoyi Zhenli Ye Gon. Gon, wanda aka mikawa Mexico a 2016 bisa zargin fataucin miyagun ƙwayoyi, masu gabatar da kara na tarayya sun bayyana shi a matsayin "mafi girman ɗan wasa mai cikakken kuɗi wanda The Venetian-Palazzo ya taɓa samu" lokacin da yake zuwa gidan kallo a farkon shekarun 2000. Kamar yadda yake da Bowyer, Sands ta kasa yin bita sosai kan Gon da kuɗinsa. Musamman ma, kamfanin ya kasa yin rahoton ayyuka masu ban mamaki da yawa lokacin da Gon ya canza kimanin dala miliyan 45 kuma ya ajiye dala miliyan 13 na kuɗaɗen rajista a The Venetian daga 2005-2007. Babu wani rahoton SARs da aka yi har zuwa Afrilu 2007, bayan wannan lokacin. A ƙarshe Sands ta bayar da dala miliyan 47.4 ga gwamnatin Amurka a 2013 dangane da lamarin Gon, ta haka ta guje wa guraren aikata laifi.

Wata babbar badakala, wacce ta tsallake tsakanin lamarin Gon da Bowyer, ta shafi Sands da siyasar Nevada. Wannan ya fara ne a 2010 lokacin da tsohon Shugaba na Sands China Steven Jacobs ya shigar da karar rashin biyan kuɗin da ya kamata a kansa, inda ya yi zargin cewa Adelson ya matsa masa lamba da ya yi amfani da "dalili" a kan jami’an gwamnatin China. A 2015 kuma sake a 2016, Sands ta nemi NGCB ta samar da takardar amicus a madadin ta a cikin karar da ake ci gaba da yi. Bayan da hukumar ta ki sake, Babban Lauyan Nevada a lokacin Adam Laxalt ya gana da Shugaban NGCB a lokacin A.G. Burnett don ƙoƙarin shawo kan Burnett ya samar da takardar. Burnett ya yi rikodin tattaunawar a asirce kuma ya rabawa hukumomin tarayya, wanda ya haifar da babban binciken sha’anin dabi’a.

"An matsa wa Mista Laxalt sosai don haka Hukumar Kula da Wasa ta samar da takardar amicus, kuma lallai ya nemi mu samar da takardar amicus, kuma na ce a'a," in ji Burnett ga masu ba da lasisi a wani jawabin ba da lasisi a Maris na wannan shekara. "Ina alfahari da wannan lamarin da yadda aka sarrafa shi."

2016 ya kasance shekara mai tsada ga Sands. A cikin watanni biyu, daga Afrilu zuwa Mayu, kamfanin ya biya sama da dala miliyan 75 don sasanta karar Jacobs, kamar yadda Wall Street Journal ta ruwaito. Bugu da ƙari, an sami tarar dala miliyan 2 ga masu ba da lasisi na Nevada saboda keta doka da ta samo asali daga lamarin Gon da kuskuren lissafin da suka shafi wani mai ba da shawara a China. Wata dala miliyan 9 kuma an biya Hukumar Tsaro da Musayar (SEC) saboda kuskuren lissafin. A cewar SEC, Sands tana da "littafai da bayanan da ba su dace ba" na dala miliyan 62 da aka baiwa mai ba da shawara don "ɓoye rawar da kamfanin ke takawa a wasu ayyukan kasuwanci."

Bayanai

Gidan watsa labarai na Sands ya taɓa kasancewa wani sananne a Las Vegas, inda Frank Sinatra da sauran masu tasiri suka fito. A cewar wani faifan bidiyo na Old Money Mansions akan YouTube, an rushe shi a 1996. A maimakon haka, an bude The Venetian Resort a 1999, inda ya mayar da Las Vegas babbar cibiyar tarurruka da taron kolin duniya. Sands kanta ta bayyana a sands.com cewa sama da shekaru 30, suna taimakawa yawon buɗe ido masu daraja ta hanyar wuraren shakatawa na haɗin gwiwa. Suna nuna rawar da suka taka a matsayin masu haɓakawa da masu gudanar da wuraren shakatawa na duniya waɗanda suka haɗa da otal-otal masu alfarma, wuraren taro na zamani, da kuma nau'ikan ayyukan nishadantarwa.

Dalilin da yasa ya dace ga ƴan wasan Jamus

Badakalar da ke kewaye da Las Vegas Sands, musamman ma keta dokar wanke kuɗi, sun nuna muhimmancin tsauraran dokoki a fagen caca. Ga ƴan wasan Jamus, hakan na nufin cewa suna gefen amintattu lokacin da suke wasa a gidajen caca na kan layi waɗanda ke rike da lasisi daga Hukumar Caca ta Haɗin gwiwa ta Jihohin Tarayyar (GGL). GGL na tsara matakan da ba su dace ba ga masu gudanarwa, musamman a yankunan kare ƴan wasa da hana wanke kuɗi. Waɗannan gidajen caca da ke kan jerin sunayen GGL an bincika su sosai kuma hukumar na sa ido akai-akai.

ƴan wasa a Jamus suna cin gajiyar tsarin kamar iyakar tsabar kuɗi ta Yuro 1 a kowane juyi don injunan ramummuka na kan layi da kuma iyakar ajiya na watanni na Yuro 1,000, wacce ake sa ido a kai ta tsarin hana hadawa na tsakiya LUGAS. Waɗannan matakan sakamakon kai tsaye ne daga abubuwan da suka faru kamar na Las Vegas Sands, inda rashin kulawa ya haifar da ayyukan haram. Gidajen kida mai lasisi na GGL suna tabbatar da cewa ma’amalar kuɗi suna da bayyana kuma an kare ƴan wasa daga haɗarin da ka iya faruwa. Duk wanda ke wasa a gidan kida marar lasisi, alal misali, wanda ke da lasisi daga Malta ko Curaçao, ba ya ƙarƙashin waɗannan tsauraran matakan kariya na Jamus kuma saboda haka yana ɗaukar haɗari mafi girma – duka dangane da kare ƴan wasa da kuma gaskiyar ma’amalar kuɗi.

Abin da ke nufi ga gidajen kida masu lasisi na GGL

Ga gidajen kida masu lasisi na GGL, saƙon ya bayyana: bin ka’idojin hana wanke kuɗi da sauran dokoki ba za a iya musanyawa ba. Hukomin Jamus na ba da muhimmanci ga rigakafi da kuma bayyana gaskiya don guje wa abubuwan da suka faru kamar waɗanda suka faru a Las Vegas Sands. Wannan na nufin cewa masu gudanarwa dole ne su aiwatar da cikakkun tsare-tsaren bincike, musamman ga manyan ƴan wasa, don tabbatar da asalin kuɗi da kuma bayar da rahoton abubuwan da suka ba da mamaki ba tare da bata lokaci ba. GlüStV 2021 ta kafa cikakkun ka’idoji a nan, waɗanda aka yi nufin tabbatar da sa ido ba tare da hayaniya ba. Keta doka ba wai kawai za ta iya haifar da tarar da ta yi yawa ba har ma da janye lasisin.