UNION CALLS FOR US INVESTIGATION INTO SUNCITY’S RELATIONSHIP WITH GAMING OPERATORS

Local 501, a U.S.-based union, is calling for a coordinated U.S. federal investigation into the gambling junket operator Suncity Group and its historical relationships with U.S. gaming companies.

According to a statement published yesterday (Macau time), The International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 501 has sent separate letters to the U.S. Justice Department, the U.S. Secretary of State, the U.S. Treasury Department, the White House National Security Council and the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

The union, which represents over 2,000 members working in casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada, highlighted incidents involving Suncity Group and its owner Alvin Chau.

Chau was arrested in Macau in late November for running a cross-
boundary gambling syndicate and organising illegal Chinese residents to travel to VIP junkets to take part in cross-boundary gambling.

In the statement, the group recalled that in February 2021 (prior to his arrest in Macau), regulators in New South Wales, Australia, cited “information relating to US Government reports that Chau had links to organized crime.”

Local 501 noted that the government had flagged an incident in which local casino officials discovered USD5.6 million in cash stored in a Suncity high-roller room – an event that “set money-laundering alarms ringing” at the casino.

Source: https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/gaming-union-calls-for-us-investigation-into-suncitys-relationship-with-gaming-operators.html