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Those topics are likely to come up as Bekier takes the stand. He will also have to answer allegations that he conspired to cover up a report by accounting firm KPMG that highlighted several failings at the company. His appearance this week is the first time he will speak publicly about the scandal since he resigned at the end of March.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Star allegedly helped high rollers push hundreds of millions of dollars through its operations, most of which presumably came out of China. It was, for Star, a win-win proposition, despite its illegality of it. It gave VIPs what they wanted while earning big money and avoiding paying taxes.<\/p>\n
Within the next two weeks, other company brass will occupy the same seat as Bekier and likely answer some of the same questions. Board Chairman John O’Neill will take the lead on May 9. But other board members will appear, as well.<\/p>\n
Executive Ranks Begin to Thin<\/h2>\n
Bekier’s exit from the company was the first but not the last. More executives will soon leave in almost a mirror situation of what happened with Crown Resorts. Theodore will take the stand this week, and according to AFR, he could soon tender his resignation. He reportedly helped hide almost $1 billion in transactions so that Chinese high rollers could gamble.<\/p>\n
Theodore allegedly worked with Sarah Scopel to scramble the paper trails. She was the company’s treasurer at the time but has since moved on.<\/p>\n
However, Scopel still felt the sting of the investigation and resigned from her position at Woolworth’s shortly after taking the stand in the Star inquiry. She began working at the supermarket chain as its group treasurer last October.<\/strong><\/p>\nNSW already requested an extension of the investigation<\/a>\u00a0and won’t have its final results ready until August. In the meantime, Star can begin preparing for additional fallout. Queensland is reportedly going after the company next, followed by AUSTRAC, Australia’s financial watchdog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New South Wales continues its investigation into Star Entertainment’s alleged mismanagement of regulations this week. Matt Bekier, the casino operator’s former CEO, is now going to be in the hot seat. New South Wales (NSW) has already heard several Star Entertainment executives confirm how the casino operator routinely sidestepped its regulatory obligations. It allegedly looked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":210618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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