Casino sues junket operator

Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001 | 11:04 a.m.

Harrah's Las Vegas Inc. sued its junket representative, David Wang, and his San Francisco-based company, 888 D&D Corp. doing business as Orient Express Travel Service, alleging they defaulted on a total of $85,579 in payments.

In a Clark County District Court lawsuit, Harrah's, which said it hired the defendants in 1995 to bring customers to the hotel-casino. It alleged the defendants failed to make one payment of $6,932 as of June 29, 1999, and another payment of $78,647 as of March 6, 2000.

The defendants could not be reached for comment on the allegations. Harrah's declined comment on why it alleges Wang was required to make payments to the property.

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