\nBloomberg) \u2014 Wynn Resorts Ltd. said it received a government request for information, though the company is unaware of any criminal investigation.<\/p>\n
\tThe Internal Revenue Service sent a letter to Donald Campbell, an outside attorney representing Wynn Resorts, asking for information about the Las Vegas-based casino operator\u2019s top 100 customers from North America and top 50 in each of Asia, Europe and Latin America, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier.<\/p>\n
\tThe letter asked for dates of birth, Social Security numbers and other information, as well an organizational chart of Wynn Resorts senior management and specifics about internal money-laundering safeguards, the newspaper said.<\/p>\n
\tMichael Weaver, a spokesman for Wynn Resorts, said the company has \u201cserious doubts\u201d a criminal investigation is taking place.<\/p>\n
\t\u201cNo agency has notified the company that it is under any investigation,\u201d Weaver said in an e-mail. \u201cThe fact that information is requested from us by a governmental agency in no way implies the accusation of any wrongdoing by the company.\u201d<\/p>\n
\tGrant Williams, a spokesman for the IRS, said the agency is prohibited from discussing specific taxpayers. Campbell, the outside lawyer for Wynn, didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
\tFederal regulators have called on casino operators to more closely scrutinize customers, out of concern for illegal activity. Las Vegas Sands Corp. agreed to forfeit $47.4 million to end a federal money-laundering probe by Andre Birotte, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles, last year, without admitting any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
\tMacau\u2019s anti-corruption agency has said it is examining a land deal by Wynn Resorts in that region\u2019s Cotai Strip. Wynn Resorts has said it is cooperating with investigators there and doesn\u2019t believe it did anything wrong.<\/p>\n
\tWynn Resorts fell 1.2 percent to $177.85 at the close in New York today. The shares are down 8.4 percent this year.<\/p>\n
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