Sheldon Adelson’s ties to alleged Chinese crime boss under scrutiny after new testimony
Source: The Guardian
CHRIS MCGREAL IN LAS VEGAS AND MATT ISAACS OF THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING PROGRAM, THE GUARDIAN
09 MAY 2015 AT 14:07 ET
Casino magnates trial remarks raised more questions than they answered about Las Vegas Sands connection with an alleged organised crime leader in China
Sheldon Adelson, the multibillionaire casino magnate and key Republican party donor, spent four combative days in a Las Vegas court this week defending his gambling empire from accusations of bribery and ties to organized crime.
By the time the hearing was over, Adelson had argued with the judge, contradicted the evidence of his own executives and frustrated his lawyers by revealing more information than he was required to in response to simple yes or no questions. But most importantly, far from laying the allegations against his Las Vegas Sands conglomerate to rest, the billionaires answers threw up yet more questions which he is likely to have to return to court to answer.
On the court docket, the case is merely a wrongful dismissal suit. The former CEO of Adelsons highly profitable casinos in the Chinese enclave of Macau, Steven Jacobs, is suing because he claims to have been sacked for trying to break links to organised crime groups, the triads, and for attempting to halt alleged influence peddling with Chinese officials.
But the extent of what is at stake for Adelson was evident in the form of the Nevada gaming board official monitoring the case from the public gallery. Adelson accused Jacobs of squealing like a pig to the government and of blackmail in taking his accusations to the US authorities.
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penndragon69
(788 posts)Gets to control the senate even though his father in-law is
a major Chinese drug smuggler. Not to mention all the money
the CHO family deposits in Mitch's accounts !
leveymg
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alp227
(31,962 posts)They_Live
(3,222 posts)Isn't foreign funding of candidates/buying of elections still illegal? Maybe I'm being naive.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)Adelson believes US laws don't apply to him - he's a billionaire and owns lots of repuke congressmen and senators, so he's assured of being able to do what he wants. Or so he thinks.
Jacobs' wrongful dismissal suit is opening a can of worms for "SGA." I hope the judicial system will do the right thing