On April 7, 2016, the SEC announced that "Las Vegas Sands Corp. has agreed to pay a $9 million penalty to settle charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) by failing to properly authorize or document millions of dollars in payments to a consultant facilitating business activities in China and Macao."

On April 7, 2016, the SEC instituted settled cease-and-desist proceedings against Las Vegas Sands Corp. According to the SEC: "This matter concerns the failure of LVSC to devise and maintain a reasonable system of internal accounting controls over its operations in the People's Republic of China ('PRC' or 'China') and the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ('Macao') from 2006 through at least 2011. As a result, funds totaling more than $62 million were transferred to a consultant in China over a series of transactions under circumstances that frequently lacked supporting documentation or appropriate authorization. Moreover, most of the transfers occurred despite knowledge by senior LVSC management that they could not account for significant funds previously transferred to the consultant in an environment where significant bribery risks were present. This lack of controls impacted other transactions, such as gifts and entertainment for foreign officials, employee and vendor expense reimbursements, and customer comps. The company also kept inaccurate books and records." The SEC also stated that: "Respondent acknowledges the the Commission is not imposing a civil penalty in excess of $9,000,000 based upon its cooperation in a Commission investigation and related enforcement action."