One of largest unpaid debts for MBS
Marina Bay Sands, the Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s integrated resort in Singapore, may move forward with its attempt to recover more than AU$8 million (US$5.7 million) in debts owed by a Chinese-Australian gambler who gave misleading information on his credit application. The unpaid debt is reportedly the largest sought by MBS against a patron from Australia, according to the Straits Times.
An Australian judge gave the go-ahead for MBS to serve notice of the Singapore judgment to the man’s home and business addresses instead of in person. When Chinese-born Wang Zhi Cai incurred the debt in 2014, he gave the casino a false address.
“The amount of the judgment is considerable, more than AU$8 million, and Mr. Wang appears to be engaging in behavior that suggests he is trying to evade service,” said Justice David Davies of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in a February 8 decision.
It was later learned that Wang owns a company called TMG International Design Pty in New South Wales and a condominium unit in Kirribilli, but officers were unable to serve him there, and attempts to call him on phone numbers in Australia and China also proved fruitless.
“Mr. Wang is obviously making himself elusive, no doubt because he is aware of the default which led to the judgment in Singapore,” said the judge.
