“Make no mistake – we will chase every dollar that is owed to the taxpayers of NSW if any misconduct has occurred.”
The review by the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority was launched late last year to assess whether The Star is fit to hold its licence. It will probe allegations byThe Sydney Morning Herald,The Age and 60 Minutes of money laundering,criminal infiltration and wide-scale fraud at the Pyrmont casino.
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The inquiry heard earlier this month that The Star disguised $900 million of gambling funds on UnionPay cards as hotel transactions,and misled the National Australia Bank about the scam.
The Herald has also revealed that the casino giantallegedly encouraged local high rollers to falsely claim they lived outside NSW as part of a scheme that minimised the amount of gaming tax.
The effect of the practice was that The Star Sydney may have paid millions of dollars less in gaming revenue to the NSW government.