Robert Kroeker was in charge of compliance for a Richmond casino that under-reported suspicious transactions, B.C.'s inquiry into money laundering heard Tuesday.

Former managers at Richmond's River Rock casino testified that executives complained about investigators probing foreign high-rollers for suspected drug-cash transactions.

The Cullen Commission also heard allegations that casino employees may have worked with "well-known" loan sharks in organized crime.

Austin Cullen issued his first interim report on Thursday, commenting on the inquiry's mandate and evidence produced so far.

Insp. Wayne Holland told a public inquiry into money laundering that in 2008, he presented a report that showed how organized crime, money laundering and loan sharking were deeply embedded in B.C. Lottery Corporation casinos. His unit was disbanded in 2009.

The Cullen Commission released some of the transcripts of recorded conversations between former solicitor-general Kash Heed and former RCMP officer Fred Pinnock.

B.C.'s public inquiry into money laundering has heard from a former official with the Gaming Policy Enforcement Branch, who says he tried to warn the then-minister responsible.

Mike Hiller, a former anti-money laundering investigator, said managers at the Crown corporation cast doubts on his concerns about the River Rock Casiso.

The Lottery Corp. preferred to let casino management approach the VIPs diplomatically and educate them about appropriate methods of transaction, Tottenham said.

The inquiry also heard from a former employee at the River Rock casino who, in 2019, blew the whistle on when exactly Macau-style money laundering exploded in B.C.