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Katrina Northrop
@NorthropKatrina
reporter for @thewirechina | bylines in @nytimes, @projo, @TheAtlantic, @insideclimate | katrina@thewire.media
Dec 12, 2022 • 20 tweets • 6 min read
Who are Ho Ho and Ho Hoi, the two brothers who struck a $50 million dollar deal in Macau with Wynn Resorts, the U.S. casino company?

We've spent months tracking them down, this is Part Two of my investigation @thewirechina:
thewirechina.com/2022/12/11/the… If you didn't read last week's story, go read it! It shows how the Ho brothers were virtually unknown in Macau, did not have documented rights to the land, and the original partner in the deal was a friend and former biz partner of Macau's chief executive: thewirechina.com/2022/12/04/ste…
Dec 5, 2022 • 20 tweets • 7 min read
In 2012, Steve Wynn, the casino mogul, made a $50 million deal in Macau with two mysterious individuals —Ho Ho and Ho Hoi.

For nearly 20 years, their identities have been a puzzle. Finally, after a months-long @thewirechina investigation, I have answers:
thewirechina.com/2022/12/04/ste… Wynn Resorts describes it as a simple real estate deal: It needed land to build the Wynn Palace, the "single most important project" in the company's history, & the government told the company there was a plot already earmarked for a man named Ho Ho. Wynn bought him out for $50M.