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

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(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.

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