Former Gaming Minister, Senior RCMP Caused ‘Tsunami’ of Money Laundering in BC Casinos, Cullen Commission Hears

Commissioner Austin Cullen looks at documents before opening statements at the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada, on Feb. 24, 2020. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press

Former British Columbia gaming minister Rich Coleman and senior RCMP officers caused a “tsunami” of casino money laundering, said the province’s former solicit-general, according to a transcript of a Cullen Commission public inquiry.

The statement was made by Kash Heed, the former B.C. Minister of Public Safety and solicitor-general, in a July 2018 phone call with Fred Pinnock, the former officer-in-charge of the RCMP Integrated Illegal Gaming Enforcement Team (IIGET).