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Originally Posted by poofinger
You mean like the quote below, being run out of Macau or dealing with 50 mil bets?
I generally dig all your posts and the FBI could easily be wrong but it's not the usual 2+2 BS (you should say "NVG BS" when you really want to burn someone) when quoting an FBI agent. That should at least count as vague credibility.
I was going to go for the usual NVG BS and make a dumb reference to the chopstick heist until I read 14K were involved. I'll take the safe route and assume it's true.
In general the statements made by any government's law enforcement or prosecution wing should be taken with a grain of salt during the initial phase of a case. Is America less bad about this than some other countries, maybe, but lately I wouldn't bet on it. Law enforcement, esp in these type of high profile, organized crime type of cases or white collar stuff, is a political and public relations exercise in the beginning. Prosecutors begin by laying the ground work in the media, and any edge they can get, they try to take.
On a side note, a close friend who is like a minor (younger) host with a CET property told me that this was definitely not coordinated with upper level Caesars management. The request for business equipment and the like would not be unusual for very wealthy, esp foreign, guests. The set up of a temporary "office", while not common, wouldn't be out of the ordinary. When you are worth north of 100m, it's not like your interests just get put on hold while you take a little Vegas trip.
If you logically think about it, any advance contact with Caesars management, particularly hosts, whose income is directly linked to how much their customers gamble and lose, would compromise the security of the entire investigation. Most likely, the FBI's entire investigation would have started because of an informant or inside tipster, with an axe to grind, at Caesars, and they then bum rushed the villas and seized everything with no notice. Guys with this much money have too many people on the "payroll", to risk anything that might compromise arrests or evidence gathering.
Kind of joking, but think of all the goodies the 20 dollar trick or ten dollars to the maid gets you. Now imagine the veil of protection 50k per hand at baccarat drops over you.
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