Bloomberry Resorts Corp., which owns Solaire Resorts and Casino, on Monday said the New York Court dismissed a lawsuit filed against its unit by the Bangladesh Bank in connection with the 2016 bank heist for lack of jurisdiction.
The company led by billionaire Enrique K. Razon Jr. said it received the decision on April 8, which states that the New York Court in the United States has sided with its unit Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels Inc. The Razon camp filed a motion to dismiss the complaint filed by the Bangladesh Bank in 2020.
The New York court ordered that the complaint “is dismissed in its entirety as against the defendant, with costs and disbursements to defendant Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels Inc. d/b/a Solaire Resort and Casino as taxed by the Clerk of the Court, and the Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly in favor of defendant Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels, Inc. d/b/a Solaire Resort and Casino.”
The case, which was filed by the bank in May 2020, is related to another case in the United States filed in 2016 about the $81-million Bangladesh Bank heist. Some of the amount of was allegedly channeled through several local casinos, include Solaire. The suit involved Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., Maia Santos Deguito, Angela Ruth Torres, Lorenzo V. Tan, Raul Victor B. Tan, Ismael S. Reyes, Brigitte R. Capina, Nestor O. Pineda, Romualdo S. Agarrado, Philrem Service Corp., Salud Bautista, Michael Bautista, Centurytex Trading, William So Go, Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels Inc, Eastern Hawaii Leisure Co. Ltd. that includes Midas Hotel and Casino, Kam Sin Wong or Kim Wong, Weikang Xu, Ding Zhize, Gao Shuhua and several John Does.
“The complaint in the State Court is for: conversion/ theft/ misappropriation; aiding and abetting the same; conspiracy to commit the same; fraud (against RCBC); aiding and abetting and conspiracy to commit fraud; conspiracy to commit trespass against chattels; unjust enrichment; and return of money received.”
Razon earlier said that Bloomberry has banned one junket operator and 18 junket players in relation to the $81-million Bangladesh money-laundering case. It has also implemented stricter procedures for new junket players coming into Solaire as part of a change in protocol.