These defendants, plus the two corporations, are charged in a federal grand jury indictment with various crimes, including running an Illegal Gambling Business, Conspiracy to Launder Monetary Instruments, Failure to Maintain an Anti-Money Laundering Program and Transportation for Prostitution.įour defendants were arraigned on the indictment in federal court this afternoon before U.S. Five indicted defendants remain fugitives and warrants have been issued for their arrests.
Agents seized more than $600,000 during today’s searches of player accounts and bank accounts.Īuthorities around the country arrested 21 people so far today at locations around San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles counties as well as San Jose, Las Vegas, New Jersey, Arizona, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Iowa. The card rooms are also charged in the indictment, which was unsealed in federal court this morning. The search and seizure locations included the Village Club Card Room, also known as Seven Mile Casino in Chula Vista, and the Palomar Card Room in San Diego. More than 200 agents from the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations and the IRS plus San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies and investigators from the California Department of Justice Bureau of Gambling Control served five search warrants and 22 seizure warrants early today at locations in Chula Vista, San Diego and elsewhere. SAN DIEGO – Twenty five people are charged in a federal grand jury indictment with participating in an illegal gambling operation that laundered an estimated $10 million in gambling proceeds through Chula Vista and San Diego card rooms in what is believed to be the biggest illegal gambling prosecution in San Diego county in recent memory.
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