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Wynn Las Vegas LLC is suing a high-profile B.C. businessman who already faces large financial penalties and other lawsuits in the province.

The company, which operates a luxury resort and casino in Las Vegas, won a judgment this year against Paul Se Hui Oei in Nevada to pay back a loan and interest of 18 per cent per year until the loan is paid. The loan and growing interest payments total nearly $100,000 Cdn.

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Wynn has filed in B.C. Supreme Court to have the judgment applied in B.C. where Oei lives. In its filings in B.C. Supreme Court, Wynn argued it “has a valid judgment against (Oei) issued by a foreign court.”

Oei hasn’t responded in court to the Wynn suit filed at the end of the summer.

Oei already owes more than $5 million in penalties and also has an order to pay back $3.1 million in fraudulent gains, following a ruling by a B.C. Securities Commission tribunal in 2018.

On Thursday, contacted by Postmedia News through email, Oei said he had used the loan money from Wynn to pay lawyers in his fight against the securities commission’s allegations.