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\"Las-Vegas-Sands-Corp1\"<\/a>[corner-ad id=3]Sheldon Adelson\u2019s Las Vegas Sands Corporation has agreed to pay the US Department of Justice (DOJ) $47.4 million to halt its ongoing criminal investigations into the casino operator failing to report a huge money transaction from a customer who is under arrest for drug trafficking in Mexico.<\/p>\n

Between 2006 and 2007 Chinese-Mexican businessman Zhenli Ye Gon transferred more than $45 million to the Venetian casino without the company informing tax or justice officials and who is now facing trial for connections to drug trafficking.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles said Tuesday that it agreed to end its criminal investigation and will not seek an indictment against the casino operator now an agreement had been reached by both sides. It is an offence for suspicious large transactions not to be reported to local law enforcement authorities in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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