A former Ernst & Young Partner of 35 years has reportedly been stripped of his title following the allegations.
Key points:
- Ernst & Young has been accused of aiding convicted gambling criminals in Macau
- The whistleblower, Joe Howie, was a Partner at the firm for over 35 years
- Howie has accused the firm of tampering with internal risk assessments relating to the Triad syndicate
A former Partner of Ernst & Young (EY), Joe Howie, has launched serious allegations against the law firm relating to organised crime in the gambling industry.
Specifically, Howie worked as a Partner at EY for a little over 35 years – and has now officially filed a range of accusations relating to audit failures, investor misinformation and money laundering with the Southern District of New York as part of a whistleblower lawsuit. According to Howie’s accounts, EY engaged in the issuing of clean audit reports for convicted Macanese gambling crime bosses, Alvin Chau and Levo Chan.
The pair – Chau and Chan – are convicted criminal junket operators that used to run VIP gambling rooms affiliated with Chinese transnational organised crime consortium – the Triad syndicate. Howie’s accusations allege that EY’s internal risk assessments dismissed advice to disassociate from the syndicate, with the internal assessments being left uncompleted or potentially having been subject to unlawful tampering.
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