It's plausible gaming "corporations" cooked books before the ENRON scandal and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) federal law was enacted. I was only looked at it from the organized crime and RICO viewpoint. One thing is for sure, the Nevada desert has a lot of interesting things buried there.

Getting back to the Paddock and Prince MBS topic, I've heard many wild stories here in the Philippines from retired operatives stationed in this region post WW2.

My father is a USAF Korean and Vietnam war vet. He was recruited by Air America and laughed while watching movie of the same name (starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr). He said it was literally that crazy, they'd land on mountain grass strips in the Laos/Cambodian (Hmong region). Then out of the jungle comes armed troops led by warlords. They would exchange opium for USD and arms. Obviously the opium was used to fund black ops budgets.

Not surprisingly, my father's served TDY before retiring from the USAF, at Barksdale AFB and often visited Mena, AK. He met Barry Seal portrayed in the movie "American Made" starring Tom Cruise.

I later found out why my father upon retiring from the USAF became a CPA and Auditor for the State of California. He was likely a "bookkeeper" in his previous assignments.