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'Inadequate': Forsyth Barr expert responds to SkyCity being forced to pay $4m penalty for breaches

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Publish Date
Tue, 21 May 2024, 7:10pm
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'Inadequate': Forsyth Barr expert responds to SkyCity being forced to pay $4m penalty for breaches

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 21 May 2024, 7:10pm

SkyCity will pay more than $4 million for breaching obligations to prevent money laundering and terrorism.

A Department of Internal Affairs review found multiple breaches over five years, including failures in risk assessment, compliance and account monitoring to counter money laundering and terrorism financing. 

Forsyth Barr Head of Research Andy Bowley says the company never undertook money laundering themselves, but they helped facilitate it. 

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