{"id":2464076,"date":"2026-06-17T17:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2464076"},"modified":"2026-06-17T17:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T17:14:46","slug":"news-ex-star-entertainment-ceo-banned-from-running-companies-for-six-years-over-aml-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/news-ex-star-entertainment-ceo-banned-from-running-companies-for-six-years-over-aml-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Ex-Star Entertainment CEO banned from running companies for six years over AML failures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Rajasik Mukherjee<\/p>\n

AN Australian court has banned former Star Entertainment CEO Matthias Bekier \u200bfrom managing companies for six years and fined him A$700,000 ($494,620) over failure to handle \u200cmoney laundering risks at the casino operator.<\/p>\n

The judgment comes\u00a0months\u00a0after the Federal Court found Bekier and former chief legal and risk officer Paula Martin breached their duties \u200bby failing to sufficiently address risks at the troubled \u200bgroup.<\/p>\n

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