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Newsjock

(11,733 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 09:41 PM Mar 2013

Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Corp. says it likely violated federal anti-bribery law

Source: Associated Press

Las Vegas Sands Corp. says in a regulatory filing that it probably violated a federal law that prohibits bribing foreign officials.

The casino company said in a filing Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission asked two years ago for records relating to compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Las Vegas Sands, which is controlled by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, said that after it got the SEC subpoena Feb. 9, 2011, the audit committee of the board of directors opened an investigation.

In its annual report, filed Friday with the SEC, the company said that the audit committee "reached certain preliminary findings, including that there were likely violations of the books and records and internal controls provisions" of the anti-bribery law.

Read more: http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2013/mar/02/las-vegas-sands-says-it-likely-violated-anti-bribe

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Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Corp. says it likely violated federal anti-bribery law (Original Post) Newsjock Mar 2013 OP

... LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 #1

So the $100 million Adelson was supposedly going to spend to oust President Obama.... Raster Mar 2013 #2

Absolutely. As Bill Maher said about the GOP: freshwest Mar 2013 #3

That's Priceless, freshwest.. thanks Cha Mar 2013 #5

Seems to me just doing what you should would Raine Mar 2013 #4

Hopefully his punishment will be greater than the equivalent of a high rollers speeding ticket. Snarkoleptic Mar 2013 #6

LadyHawkAZ

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Sat Mar 2, 2013, 10:11 PM

Mar 2013

Raster

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2. So the $100 million Adelson was supposedly going to spend to oust President Obama....

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Sat Mar 2, 2013, 10:17 PM

Mar 2013

....was really going to elect a rethuglican justice department under Twit Rmoney that would just look the other way.

freshwest

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3. Absolutely. As Bill Maher said about the GOP:

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Sat Mar 2, 2013, 10:25 PM

Mar 2013

If your party can run the nation for eight years, and then have a national convention and not invite Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Karl Rove or Tom Delay, you're not a political movement. You're the witness protection program. ~ Bill Maher