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Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino incurred a $900,000 civil monetary penalty from the U.S. financial intelligence unit Wednesday after a state and federal investigation uncovered “willful” violations of the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering regulations.

A 25-page consent order, the first in which the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, also known as FinCEN, has resolved violations  jointly with the California Bureau of Gambling Control, accuses Lake Elsinore of failing to implement and maintain an effective AML program and file currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports as required by the BSA.

FinCEN and the CBGC found that Lake Elsinore not only tasked a third-party consultant with handling BSA compliance instead of keeping the function “in-house,” but also assigned the role of chief compliance officer to the casino’s chief operating officer, an individual who lacked the education, experience and training that his or her new position demanded.

“Lake Elsinore’s willful violations of the BSA, which continued for over four-and-a-half years, resulted from decisions made by the card club’s management,” FinCEN concluded Wednesday.