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MindMover

(5,016 posts)
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 04:56 PM Jul 2012

Investigating leading GOP money man Sheldon Adelson

Source: Salon

A decade ago gambling magnate and leading Republican donor Sheldon Adelson looked at a desolate spit of land in Macau and imagined a glittering strip of casinos, hotels and malls.

Where competitors saw obstacles, including Macau’s hostility to outsiders and historic links to Chinese organized crime, Adelson envisaged a chance to make billions.

Adelson pushed his chips to the center of the table, keeping his nerve even as his company teetered on the brink of bankruptcy in late 2008.

The Macau bet paid off, propelling Adelson into the ranks of the mega-rich and underwriting his role as the largest Republican donor in the 2012 campaign, providing tens of millions of dollars to Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and other GOP causes.

Now, some of the methods Adelson used in Macau to save his company and help build a personal fortune estimated at $25 billion have come under expanding scrutiny by federal and Nevada investigators, according to people familiar with both inquiries.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2012/07/16/inside_the_investigation_of_leading_republican_money_man_sheldon_adelson_salpart/



Top Romney Benefactor Allegedly Worked With Chinese Mobsters To Bring Customers To Macau Casino


http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/16/525131/adelson-romney-chinese-mob/





Wonder how many dead men he has in his secret garden ....?
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Investigating leading GOP money man Sheldon Adelson (Original Post) MindMover Jul 2012 OP
He is trying to buy protection from federal prosecution. McCamy Taylor Jul 2012 #1
They say you're judged by the company you keep meow2u3 Jul 2012 #2
It would be very easy to launder money through a casino, especially one not in the United States. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #3

meow2u3

(24,743 posts)
2. They say you're judged by the company you keep
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 05:17 PM
Jul 2012

and Mittwit is keeping the company of international criminals.

Sheldon Adelson--does business with gangsters halfway across the world.
The Kochroaches -- do business with America's enemies, such as Iran.

No wonder the repukes want to keep the superPAC money secret. They don't want Americans to find out that they're being bankrolled by organized crime.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
3. It would be very easy to launder money through a casino, especially one not in the United States.
Mon Jul 16, 2012, 07:17 PM
Jul 2012

Just saying! I've never been to Macau. I definitely walked through a casino a couple of times and was in the airport at Las Vegas (one huge gambling joint in my opinion), but I know enough about casinos to know that they would be the perfect place to launder money or to make pay-offs to politicians or others that could not be traced.

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