Second mega-club in firing line over dirty cash claims
Bankstown Sports Club is under scrutiny for potential money laundering activities involving its poker machines. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has mandated the club to appoint an external auditor to evaluate its anti-money laundering measures. This follows a similar case involving another club group, Mounties, which admitted to laundering significant amounts of money through its machines.
- ▪AUSTRAC has ordered Bankstown Sports Club to obtain an independent assessment of its anti-money laundering controls.
- ▪The club has 745 poker machines and is the second most profitable in the state.
- ▪Mounties, the most profitable club group, admitted to laundering at least $226 million over five years.
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