CCAC report cites two cases of bribery informed by Macau casino operators
According to the CCAC, it was the first time gaming operators filed complaints for alleged bribery involving employees.
Macau.- The Macau Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) Annual Report notes that casino operators reported two cases of alleged bribery involving their own employees in 2024. Published yesterday (June 11), the report doesn’t mention which casino operators made the complaints, which were already reported in the media last year.
In one of the cases, a former head chef at a casino resort allegedly took bribes totalling MOP240,000 (US$29,686) to help five workers get jobs between September 2020 and February 2023. In the second case, a person formerly responsible for stewarding recruitment was accused of charging job seekers from mainland China “introduction fees” of up to CNY25,000 (US$3,480), which were paid to a girlfriend and a third-party agent.
The CCAC said the reports reflected “a change in the society’s attitude towards the processing of cases involving bribery in the private sector.”
In 2024, the CCAC logged 293 cases, including 113 processed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau and 147 processed by the Ombudsman Bureau. Some 33 mutual assistance cases were placed on file at the request of law-enforcement agencies outside the region and 393 cases were archived or referred to competent departments for follow-up since they did not meet the conditions to be placed on file.
