NEW: ‘Vancouver Model’ money laundering connects B.C., Las Vegas and Macau casinos, inquiry hears | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/7670514/c…
2. “My name is money," Jin bragged to RCMP, about his credit in Las Vegas and Macau casinos. "I call … (Jin laughs) they give money, right? I collect million, two million. They deal right away.”
3. Interesting tidbits from Paul King Jin, aka Shibao JIA aka XB. Casinos give rebates to whales that lose enough money. In other words, (from my own research) whales like the Mexican-Chinese national that was high-level Sinaloa Cartel, get money back for losing drug money.
4. Richmond's second most valuable farmland hacienda? Big Circle Boys underground casino, allegedly. "The investigation also found some of these Chinese nationals were using River Rock Casino chips at Jin’s illegal casino mansion, located on a 27-acre parcel" at No. 4 Road.
5. The RCMP also connected Jin’s alleged network to massage and restaurant businesses in Toronto, and to a Richmond massage parlour called Water Cube that had directors in Richmond, Markham, Ont., and China.
6. Bridge, into real estate today. Organized crime is sophisticated, networked, fluid, and Canada needs to up its data collection and pattern recognition game to combat real estate ML. Records I'm aware of suggest* BC's foreign investor data and Fintrac's view are different.

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