Employees of Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino have yet to receive their salary from last payday, June 12, according to several staff who contacted Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n
Tinian Dynasty is the CNMI\u2019s only casino. Saipan Tribune emailed the casino hotel\u2019s general manager Christopher Bishop, but he has yet to respond to queries as of press time.<\/p>\n
Employees, who want to remain anonymous, said they feel bad that their employer has failed to pay what is owed to them, adding that they desperately need their salary to pay their bills and buy food for their family.<\/p>\n
\u201cI went to the bank to check if my money was in, but it\u2019s not. Nothing is in there. I haven\u2019t got paid since last Friday and up until now,\u201d said one Tinian Dynasty employee who called Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n
Another employee, who also wants to remain anonymous, said that he did not get paid as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a repeat again. I thought it all had ended two years ago. But what is happening now? I like what I am doing and I don\u2019t want this to happen. I need to get paid,\u201d said the employee.<\/p>\n
Another employee who contacted the Saipan Tribune yesterday said he heard payroll will resume this coming Friday, June 19.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is not fair, because payday is next week as well. Who is to say they won\u2019t pay us again next week. I don\u2019t know if it is because of the money that they are being fined for, I don\u2019t know if they are going bankrupt, but I haven\u2019t received payment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Tinian Dynasty\u2019s purported payroll woes comes weeks after the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) fined Hong Kong Entertainment Overseas) Investments, Ltd. a whopping $75 million for \u201cwillful and egregious violations\u201d of the Bank Secrecy Act earlier this month.<\/p>\n
FinCen added that Tinian Dynasty\u2019s owner also failed to develop and implement an anti-money laundering program to ensure ongoing compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time that employees of Tinian Dynasty cried foul over not getting their salary. In June 2013, staff called local newspapers to complain about the non-payment of their salaries, which at that time stretched as far back as nine payrolls. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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