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Cipriani says bookies taking the autumn for execs’ malfeasance at Resorts World
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Feedback arrive as bookie Bowyer was sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal jail
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Cipriani implores on line casino trade to stop hiring executives with checkered pasts
Earlier as we speak, Mathew Bowyer, the previous bookmaker on the epicenter of the imbroglio involving ex-MLB translator Ippei Mizuhara, was sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal jail, prompting a widely known whistleblower to talk out.
R.J. Cipriani, aka Robin Hood 702. He spoke out about Matt Bowyer’s sentencing and towards Resorts World Las Vegas’s function in accepting bets from identified bookies. (Picture: R.J. Cipriani)
R.J. Cipriani, also known as Robin Hood 702, stated the Bowyer case, the pending sentencing of bookmaker Wayne Nix, and Damien LeForbes — previously a good friend and colleague of Bowyer’s — are examples of bookmakers taking the autumn when on line casino executives, together with former Resorts World Las Vegas President Scott Sibella, primarily go unscathed.
Bowyer was wrung up on costs of working an illegal playing enterprise, cash laundering, and subscribing to a false tax return, after Cipriani uncovered misdeeds at Resorts World Las Vegas, together with the Genting-owned on line casino resort knowingly accepting bets from as many as 30 identified bookmakers, together with Bowyer, LeForbes and Nix. Cipriani, whose playing profession spans 5 many years, is extensively credited exposing Sibella’s malfeasance to regulators, resulting in the chief’s firing from the Strip venue in 2023 for undisclosed violations of his employment settlement.
It’s arduous to imagine given all that’s occurred at Resorts World that no different staff or executives apart from Scott Sibella confronted punishment or jail time and all he obtained was a slap on the wrist,” Cipriani stated in an interview with On line casino.org. “For a large federal investigation to yield solely three bookies when not less than 30 bookies that I do know of gambled at Resort World, I felt compelled to make clear Sibella’s incorrect doings and people of his c-suite colleagues at Resorts World.”
Cipriani added that he’s been assembly with a former assistant US lawyer from Washington D.C. that’s now in non-public apply to resolve on doubtlessly submitting a RICO case towards Resorts World Las Vegas and all their corrupt executives that had been concerned in having him arrested on “bogus” costs in an effort to stop him from exposing illicit habits on the Strip on line casino resort.
Resorts World Tried to Intimidate Cipriani
Cipriani, a high-stakes blackjack participant, dons the Robin Hood 702 moniker as a result of he takes severely his mission of exposing unscrupulous on line casino executives whereas trying to do proper by the individuals, together with staff or gamblers, these executives harmed.
These efforts didn’t sit nicely with Resorts World Las Vegas. Cipriani alleges executives on the built-in resort harassed and intimidated him — a marketing campaign that finally led to his November 2021 arrest on what the gambler describes as trumped up costs and him being barred from the property. Cipriani believes Clark County District Legal professional Steve Wolfson acted on the behest of Sibella after it grew to become clear the gambler had the products on the chief’s soiled deeds.
Expenses of larceny with a particular sufferer enhancement and theft towards Cipriani had been dismissed in Might 2022, however acrimony between the gambler and Resorts World lingers.
“A federal RICO go well with towards Resorts World and all the executives concerned in having me arrested will be the solely means individuals will likely be held accountable for all their wrongdoings,” Cipriani informed On line casino.org.
He stated that go well with may embody Kok Thay (KT) Lim, the chairman of Genting Group, the Malaysian conglomerate that owns the Resorts World casinos and Scott Sibella ‘s lawyer David Chesnoff who was additionally a vendor at Resorts World On line casino.
What’s Subsequent in Cipriani/Resorts World Saga?
With Nix and LeForbes awaiting sentencing and Bowyer now sentenced, the following chapters within the Resorts World Las Vegas cleaning soap opera may very well be the submitting of Cipriani’s RICO go well with or sentencing of LeForbes, which is scheduled for December.
As for Sibella, his LinkedIn profile signifies he hasn’t labored within the gaming trade (or elsewhere) since being despatched packing by Resorts World Las Vegas in 2023. Previous to his time at Resorts World, Sibella labored for MGM Resorts Worldwide for roughly twenty years.
Over six years in the past, in 2019, in the direction of the tail finish of Sibella’s time as President of MGM Grand, Cipriani notified then CEO Jim Murren, the Nevada FBI and the Nevada Gaming Management Board (NGCB) relating to improprieties going down at MGM Las Vegas properties, alleging that Sibella wasn’t simply conscious of that habits, however inspired it.
Cipriani went on to say, “Scott Sibella was one of many dirtiest, but protected on line casino executives within the historical past of Vegas. Any on line casino who even thinks about hiring Sibella for any place in any respect, together with a valet or busboy must be placed on discover. He’s a convicted felon and nothing good will come from Sibella working at any on line casino. He’s been uncovered however ought to have went to jail for what he did. He is aware of that. Go off into the sundown with all of your ill-gotten positive aspects and have a very good life. Your on line casino days are over Scotty boy. You gained’t be capable to benefit from your connections with Governor Lombardo, your lawyer David Chesnoff, Wolfson, and plenty of others within the circle jerk crew of Las Vegas, Adios!!!”
