Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp. will pay a $9 million civil penalty to settle charges that it broke the law, by neglecting to appropriately authorize or document millions of dollars it paid to an overseas consultant. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the penalty following a five-year investigation into whether the Sands violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bans the bribery of officials in other countries, like Macau. The SEC found the Sands had “inaccurate books and records” and “lacked supporting documentation or proper approvals” for upwards of $62 million paid to a consultant in Asia. The Sands admits nothing in the settlement.