{"id":777015965,"date":"2024-05-30T09:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T12:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015965"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:42:10","slug":"macau-casino-chef-accused-of-soliciting-bribes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-chef-accused-of-soliciting-bribes","title":{"rendered":"Macau casino chef accused of soliciting bribes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The former executive chef allegedly demanded bribes in exchange for job recommendations and contract renewals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) has reported that a former executive chef employed by a casino operator solicited bribes from colleagues. The case was reported by a company representative, and the chef has since left the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a CCAC statement issued today (May 30), the chef managed the gaming company\u2019s food and beverage department and had authority over hiring, firing, and promoting employees. From September 2020 to February 2023, the chef demanded payments from his subordinates, which he referred to as “respect fees” amounting to MOP240,000 in exchange for job recommendations and contract renewals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case has been referred to the Public Prosecutions Office for follow-up. The CCAC encouraged workers of private companies to report illicit acts such as bribery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau gaming-related crime rises by 122% in Q1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s been reported that\u00a0gaming-related crimes rose 122 per cent\u00a0<\/strong>year-on-year to\u00a0351\u00a0in the first quarter of the year. The rise is logical considering the increase in visitation (9 million visitors<\/a>\u00a0in the first three months of the year). The figure remained 20 per cent lower than in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fraud accounted for 21.7 per cent of cases, with 76 instances, followed by loan sharking at 17.9 per cent. Cases involving illegal money exchange were still strongly associated with fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The former executive chef allegedly demanded bribes in exchange for job recommendations and contract renewals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A former executive chef at a Macau casino operator is under investigation by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) for allegedly soliciting MOP240,000 in bribes for employment recommendations and contract renewals. Concurrently, Macau reported a 122% year-on-year increase in gaming-related crimes in Q1, reaching 351 cases, primarily driven by fraud and loan sharking, though remaining below 2019 levels.","focusai_entities":"Commission Against Corruption (CCAC), Public Prosecutions Office","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Governance Framework Review","query":"What specific enhancements to internal governance frameworks and anti-corruption protocols are Macau casino operators implementing in response to such high-profile integrity breaches?"},{"label":"Q1 Crime Impact","query":"How are Macau's gaming operators and regulatory bodies collaborating to mitigate the 122% year-on-year increase in gaming-related crime, particularly concerning fraud and illegal money exchange, and what impact does this have on GGR projections?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777015965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015965","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=777015965"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015996,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015965\/revisions\/777015996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}