BCLC board chair didn’t brief minister on international money-laundering scheme, inquiry hears

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In late 2015, the chair of the BC Lottery Corporation’s board of directors didn’t alert the provincial gaming minister about the corporation’s knowledge of a Chinese transnational money-laundering scheme using government casinos, but instead complained about competition from illegal casinos, a public inquiry has heard. And in a September 2015 meeting, then-board chair Bud Smith…