The US Department of Justice is investigating Wynn Resorts over whether its associates or staff received improper kickbacks linked to buying or supplying liquor products to Wynn casinos in Las Vegas.
whistleblower in contact with the DOJ
On Monday, gaming media cited a whistleblower in contact with the DOJ as naming Wynn Las Vegas Assistant Vice President of Daylife and Nightlife Ryan Jones as the alleged chief suspect.
Jones is suspected of pocketing millions of dollars over multiple years via credit cards issued to liquor firms and distributors in “a pay-for-play scheme.”
While the DOJ probe into Jones and a potential related cover-up by Wynn Resorts execs is in its early stages, Assistant US Attorney for the District of Southern California, Carl Brooker IV, was linked to the investigation.
That Brooker is involved will no doubt remind Wynn it was he who in 2024 successfully prosecuted the hotel and casino giant for unlicensed global money transmitting. The result cost Wynn a forfeiture of $130.13m and entered it into the record books for the largest federal levy in history against a sole gaming property.
