Regarding Wynn Resorts case

Nevada Court asks for more detail about Kazuo Okada request

2012-05-22
Reading time 42 seg
(US).- Japanese businessman Kazuo Okada was allowed by a Nevada court to amend his request for more Wynn Resorts’s documents. Earlier, his attorneys had requested the gaming operator to turn over records related to the company entertaining and spending money on Macau officials in connection with its acquisition of a casino license in 2002.

Clark County District Court Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez allowed Okada to amend the request, ahead of taking a decision on the matter, scheduled for June 28.

In January, Okada sought a court order that, as a director, he was entitled to inspect Wynn Resorts’ books and records regarding the company’s us$ 135 million pledge to the University of Macau. He was Wynn Resorts’ biggest shareholder until the company announced in February that it would forcibly buy him out.

The gaming operator’s decision came after a year-long internal investigation that concluded that Okada had allegedly offered cash payments and gifts totalling approximately us$ 110,000 to executives at the Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor), breaching U.S. anti-corruption laws.

Wynn Resorts is Wynn Macau’s parent company.

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