{"id":23141,"date":"2021-09-30T13:32:48","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=23141"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:10:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:10:27","slug":"ccc-seeks-immediate-revocation-of-ipi-casino-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ccc-seeks-immediate-revocation-of-ipi-casino-licence","title":{"rendered":"CCC seeks immediate revocation of IPI casino licence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Andrew Yeom, Commonwealth Casino Commission executive director, has filed four complaints against IPI and demanded the immediate and final revocation of the casino operator’s gaming licence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Northern Mariana Islands.-\u00a0Andrew Yeom, CCC’s executive director, has called for Imperial Pacific International’s (IPI)\u00a0<\/strong>gaming licence should be permanently revoked. According to Yeom,\u00a0IPI failed to comply with CCC\u2019s final order<\/strong>\u00a0in four enforcement actions that were entered over five months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imperial Pacific International\u2019s (IPI)<\/strong>\u00a0gaming licence has already been suspended<\/a>\u00a0indefinitely as the operator failed to comply with regulatory orders. The Commonwealth Casino Commission board ordered\u00a0IPI to pay a penalty of US$6.6m<\/strong>, an annual casino exclusive licence fee of US$15.5m and\u00a0annual casino regulatory fees of US$3.1m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, according to Yeom, the casino operator failed to pay the US$3.1m casino regulatory fee on Oct. 1, 2020, and subsequently on March 3, 2021.\u00a0The company also failed to pay the US$15.5m annual exclusive casino license fee on Aug. 12, 2020, and subsequently on Aug. 12, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeom said: “Unfortunately, the very violations that triggered the suspension are still mounting while IPI has done nothing to indicate any willingness to come into compliance<\/strong> with the aforementioned final order.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that\u00a0unless IPI meets the regulations, there will be more enforcement actions in October<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“To this point, we have found a way each cautious way to give IPI the full fair treatment as per our law, expecting IPI to come into consistence, however without much of any result.”<\/p>Andrew Yeom, Commonwealth Casino Commission executive director.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Former IPI lawyer may sue the company<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

IPI could face another lawsuit<\/a>, this time from its former lawyer,\u00a0Michael W. Dotts.<\/strong> According to Saipan Tribune,\u00a0the former IPI attorney said the company has yet to pay him his fees<\/strong>, which total US$140,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dotts said: \u201cI do not believe IPI is going to pay. I believe I now need to file suit and join IPI\u2019s other creditors. With each missed payment, I contacted IPI management and advised that if the payments went unpaid, I would suspend work and move to withdraw as counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attorney advised Ray Yumul, IPI CEO<\/strong>, that if the company didn\u2019t make a substantial payment toward what is owed, he would move to pull out as counsel in all leftover matters where he is addressing IPI. Yumul said that he was searching for a substitute but the company hasn\u2019t announced a substitute counsel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMI Chief Judge Ramona Manglona<\/strong> has allowed Dotts\u2019 solicitation to pull out from representing IPI in the complaint filed by the US Department of Labor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manglona said: \u201cDotts has fulfilled his obligation under this court\u2019s local rules and has provided the proper notice to IPI. The court also finds that granting the motion would not prejudice other parties<\/strong>, cause harm to the administration of justice, delay resolution of the case, or prejudice other litigants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew Yeom, Commonwealth Casino Commission executive director, has filed four complaints against IPI and demanded the immediate and final revocation of the casino operator’s gaming licence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Commonwealth Casino Commission's executive director, Andrew Yeom, has formally requested the permanent revocation of Imperial Pacific International's (IPI) gaming license in the Northern Mariana Islands due to persistent non-compliance with regulatory orders, including the non-payment of substantial annual casino exclusive license and regulatory fees. IPI's license is already indefinitely suspended, and the operator faces additional legal challenges from a former attorney over unpaid professional fees.","focusai_entities":"Andrew Yeom, Commonwealth Casino Commission, Imperial Pacific International, Michael W. Dotts, Saipan Tribune, Ray Yumul, NMI Chief Judge Ramona Manglona, US Department of Labor","focusai_location":"Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"IPI's Financial Viability?","query":"What is the current financial standing of Imperial Pacific International, and what are the broader implications of these unpaid regulatory fees and legal liabilities for its long-term operational viability?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent Impact?","query":"What precedent does the Commonwealth Casino Commission's aggressive enforcement action against IPI set for other licensed operators regarding regulatory compliance and financial obligations in the Northern Mariana Islands?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28,158],"tags":[23911,14213],"class_list":["post-23141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-imperial-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23141"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23179,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23141\/revisions\/23179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}