Tighter Chinese capital controls are unlikely to have a direct impact on Macau's gross gaming revenue, although they could weigh on high-roller sentiment, according to CreditSights. In a September 28 report, analysts Nicholas Chen and David Bussey said recently introduced restrictions on outbound investments by Chinese individuals, including investments involving Hong Kong and Macau, may have affected gambling sentiment in August. The analysts said tighter regulatory scrutiny

Vietnamese national Trung Nguyen Van, 37, has been charged in the United States with two counts of money laundering over his alleged role in cryptocurrency investment fraud schemes that targeted U.S. victims. The criminal complaint, filed in the Western District of Missouri and unsealed following Van’s initial appearance in federal court in Los Angeles, alleges that cryptocurrency wallets attributed to him received approximately $53.3 million in assets linked to wire fraud sc

A 26-year-old California man has been sentenced to seven years and 10 months in federal prison for his role in a $10 million real estate fraud scheme involving fake identities, shell companies, fabricated property documents and the laundering of proceeds through Las Vegas casinos. Gilberto Barron, formerly of Delano and Las Vegas, was sentenced on September 28, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston. He pleaded guilty on June 29 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud,

Eurojust and the United Arab Emirates have signed a Working Arrangement aimed at strengthening judicial cooperation and information exchange in investigations involving serious cross-border crime, including money laundering, fraud, cybercrime and drug trafficking. The arrangement was signed on September 28, 2026, in Abu Dhabi by Eurojust President Michael Schmid and UAE Minister of Justice Abdullah Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi during the United Nations Congress on Crime Preventi