ABC Australia reports
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Carrying wads of cash in a cooler bag, a man nicknamed Customer 24 walked into Crown Casino in Melbourne and started handing money out to people inside a VIP high-roller room.
On other occasions, people ferried cash through the casino’s Suncity room in suitcases, brown paper bags and shoeboxes.
Those were among the 75 “suspicious” incidents in the Suncity room between 2016 and 2018, and the nation’s money laundering watchdog alleges Crown largely turned a blind eye to them.
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