Everything indicates that Luftar Ali Hysa infiltrated the Kahnawake Indian reservation to facilitate money laundering activities on behalf of the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel, as well as for his own account,\u201d<\/strong> an RCMP officer told the Montreal courthouse under oath, according to La Presse. \u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/em>The gaming commission in October found Hysa unsuitable to be licensed as a key person, and the Magic Palace apparently severed ties with him.<\/p>\n\u2018Undisclosed Beneficiary\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\nMeanwhile, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake hired a U.S. firm specializing in casino audits to investigate. In a statement Tuesday, the council said the investigation revealed there was an \u201cundisclosed beneficiary owner of the Magic Palace\u201d who isn’t a member of the Mohawk First Nation.<\/p>\n
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The beneficiary exercised significant control over the casino and received most of its profits, according to the council. This would be a violation of the terms of the casino\u2019s right to operate on the reservation, which must be for the good of the community, the council said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Lawyer Pierre L’Ecuyer represents Magic Palace owners Barry Alfred and Stan Myiow. He confirmed that Hysa was an \u201cinvestor\u201d in the casino, but suggested the RCMP gave \u201cfalse information\u201d to the gaming commission about cartel links.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Hysa] had some allegations made in Mexico where he has some casinos,” L’Ecuyer told La Presse.<\/em> “Mr. Hysa has been completely cleared and it was clear that these allegations were made because people in the same business wanted Mr. Hysa out of the business.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) has closed down the Magic Palace Montreal and suspended its gaming license as a result of an ongoing money laundering investigation. The casino, based in the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, across the river from Montreal, Canada, says it plans to appeal the decision. Tribal police arrived at the casino on Monday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":315704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81887,21,10,13592],"tags":[90363,90362,90361,90364],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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