Yahoo! Singapore Finance, 2 Mar 2011
US officials are probing casino operator Las Vegas Sands' operations in the Asian gambling mecca of Macau over questions about whether it broke anti-bribery laws, the company confirmed Wednesday.
The criminal investigation -- which comes after the sacked chief executive of Sands' Macau unit filed a lawsuit in October saying he was told to conduct a illegal activities including spying on government officials -- was revealed in its annual report. Full story