3 Enter Pleas in $13 Mil Online Gambling Ring Tied to Poker Pro Paul Phua

Submitted by Associated Press on

Written by :

Associated Press

Published on :

(Associated Press) - A woman and two men from China pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Vegas to minor roles in what prosecutors say amounted to a $13 million illegal Internet gambling operation that was broken up by an FBI raid at high-roller suites at Caesars Palace. 

Yan Zhang, Yung Keung Fan and Herman Chun Sang Yeung pleaded guilty to misdemeanor accessory after the fact charges in a plea deal that hinges on two more defendants pleading guilty on Wednesday. 

A sixth co-defendant is scheduled to have charges dismissed. 

That'll leave Wei Seng "Paul" Phua and his son, Darren Wai Kit Phua, to face felony charges including operating an illegal gambling business.

Zhang, Fan and Yeung were each fined $100,000, forfeited $150,000, given probation and ordered to leave the U.S.

Related Content

Rapper Chocolate MC, Las Vegas Casino Sued Over Alleged Rape of Teen

Rapper Chocolate MC, Las Vegas Casino Sued Over Alleged Rape of Teen

Chocolate MC is already incarcerated separately regarding an attempted murder-for-hire plot in Florida.
South Florida Casino Carjacking Suspect Captured One Month Later

South Florida Casino Carjacking Suspect Captured One Month Later

Julio Salermo, 33, was charged with robbery/carjacking on Tuesday, one month after the incident occurred at the Miccosukee Casino & Resort outside of Miami.
Game Fixer, Jalen Smith Sentenced to Six Year Prison Term

Game Fixer, Jalen Smith Sentenced to Six Year Prison Term

(AP) PHILADELPHIA -- The man called the "fixer" of a scheme to rig college basketball games will spend six years in federal prison.

Vegas Casino Flamingo Theft Trial Kicks Off With Witness Testimony

Las Vegas Casino Flamingo Theft Trial Kicks Off With Witness Testimony

The trial for a Canadian tourist accused of stealing and torturing a flamingo from a casino pool began on Wednesday with a security guard on his smoke break during a graveyard shift testifying about a voice crackled over the radio, “someone took a flamingo.”