{"id":777013037,"date":"2024-02-09T08:21:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T11:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013037"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:09:01","slug":"vgccc-takes-no-action-after-investigation-of-crown-resorts-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vgccc-takes-no-action-after-investigation-of-crown-resorts-ceo","title":{"rendered":"VGCCC takes no action after investigation of Crown Resorts CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The VGCCC has cleared Crown Resorts CEO Ciar\u00e1n Carruthers of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The <strong>Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC)<\/strong>\u00a0has concluded its investigation of complaints against<strong> Ciar\u00e1n Carruthers<\/strong>, chief executive officer (CEO) of Crown Resorts, with no action to be taken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-resorts-launches-probe-into-ceo-ciaran-carruthers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the casino operator launched an internal investigation<\/a> into allegations that Carruthers intervened to allow intoxicated customers back into casinos, overruling security officers\u2019 decisions.<strong> <\/strong>The VGCCC has concluded that Crown&#8217;s handling of whistleblower complaints was appropriate and that it will monitor the implementation of recommendations made by the group&#8217;s own investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carruthers<\/strong>\u00a0started as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ciaran-carruthers-formally-begins-work-as-crown-resorts-ceo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chief executive of the Australian casino group<\/a>\u00a0on September 6, 2022, after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/blackstone-completes-acquisition-of-crown-resorts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blackstone\u2019s acquisition of the company<\/a>, which was previously owned by the Packer family.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VGCCC&#8217;s evaluation of Crown Melbourne&#8217;s suitability to hold its casino licence is ongoing and will be concluded by mid-April. In 2021, Victoria\u2019s Royal Commission declared\u00a0<strong>Crown Resorts\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-resorts-found-unsuitable-to-operate-crown-melbourne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unsuitable to hold a licence<\/a>\u00a0for its Crown Melbourne casino. The operator was allowed to keep the licence under stricter conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The VGCCC has cleared Crown Resorts CEO Ciar\u00e1n Carruthers of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":35571,"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 Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) has cleared Crown Resorts CEO Ciar\u00e1n Carruthers of wrongdoing following an investigation into allegations of allowing intoxicated patrons into casinos. The VGCCC deemed Crown's internal handling of whistleblower complaints appropriate and will monitor the implementation of its recommendations. This development occurs as the VGCCC continues its suitability review of Crown Melbourne's casino license, which was previously deemed unsuitable but allowed to operate under stricter conditions.","focusai_entities":"Crown Resorts, Ciar\u00e1n Carruthers, Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC), Blackstone, Packer family","focusai_location":"Australia, Victoria, Melbourne","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"License Suitability Impact?","query":"What specific implications does the VGCCC's clearance of CEO Carruthers have for the ongoing suitability review of Crown Melbourne's casino license, particularly given its prior conditional status?"},{"label":"Governance Framework Evolution?","query":"How will Crown Resorts' internal governance frameworks and whistleblower protection policies evolve following the VGCCC's monitoring of its internal investigation recommendations, and what are the broader industry implications?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439,158],"tags":[14657],"class_list":["post-777013037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","tag-crown-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013037","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=777013037"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013065,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013037\/revisions\/777013065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}