Former B.C. Lottery Director Says He’s ‘Whistleblower’ on Money Laundering at Casinos

Former B.C. Lottery Director Says He’s ‘Whistleblower’ on Money Laundering at Casinos
Commissioner Austin Cullen listens to introductions before opening statements at the Cullen Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in British Columbia, in Vancouver, on February 24, 2020. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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VANCOUVER—A former director of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s anti-money laundering office says he is the “whistleblower” that likely prompted the public inquiry examining how hundreds of millions of dollars in illegal cash flowed through the province’s casinos.

Ross Alderson, who testified for more than four hours Thursday, said he was driven to leak information about the suspected extent of money laundering at casinos and bureaucracy to the activity at top levels.