Who said gambling doesn’t rot your brain..
A former Crown legal boss does not remember a meeting he attended – or emails he received – relating to suspected money laundering through a company account.
Joshua Preston, the former chief legal officer Crown’s Australian Resorts, on Thursday faced another session of uncomfortable questioning at the Crown Perth Royal Commission.
The commission prodded apparent memory gaps relating to suspicious transactions into the casino’s now infamous Riverbank account.
Senior counsel assisting the commission Michael Feutrill took Mr Preston back to a March 2014 meeting involving representatives of Crown and the ANZ bank.
Documents show Mr Preston attended while responsible for the company’s compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
Mr Preston said he had no recollection of that meeting and did not recall an email highlighting the concerns of colleagues over suspicious deposits into the Riverbank account.