Promised Land<\/strong><\/h2>\nSSR\u2019s allegations hinge on the sale of the plot of land that became the Encore Boston Harbor. Wynn Resorts bought it from a company called FTB Everett Realty, which was accused of attempting to cover up the fact that one of its owners, Charles A Lightbody, was a convicted felon because they believed it would have sunk the deal.<\/p>\n
Lightbody also had links with Mayor De Maria, while another owner of FTB, Paul Lohnes, was an old friend and business associate of Gaming Commissioner Crosby, who had once bailed him out when Crosby\u2019s publishing business went under.<\/p>\n
Lightbody and two other owners of FTB — but not Lohnes — were put on trial for fraud but were cleared. It was also established in court that Wynn Resorts had no prior knowledge of Lightbody\u2019s criminal past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Both Wynn Resorts and its former chairman and CEO, Steve Wynn, have hit back at a lawsuit that accuses the company of racketeering in relation to its bid to secure licensing for the Encore Boston Harbor, back in 2014. On Friday, Steve Wynn\u2019s attorneys wrote in a motion to dismiss the suit, brought by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":100288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Wynn Resorts, Steve Wynn File Motion to Dismiss $3 Billion RICO Lawsuit<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n