SYDNEY: Casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd has been accused at an Australian regulatory inquiry of having a "culture of denial and arrogant indifference to compliance" in its dealings with junket operators.
In a third day of summation arguments, one of the lawyers running the inquiry said on Friday that Crown had ignored warning signs and breached an obligation to deal with people "of good repute".
The culture of denial and indifference permeated the organisation, said lawyer Nicole Sharp, adding that Crown's founder and 36% shareholder James Packer had "set a dubious tone from the top".
She said Crown had kept a room in its Melbourne casino for clients of a junket operator even after law enforcement agencies wrote to the company warning of the operator's suspected criminal past overseas.
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