Five of the six Chinese nationals accused of conducting illegal gambling operations in Garapan pleaded not guilty during their arraignment yesterday in the U.S. District Court.<\/p>\n
The other defendant did not appear at the hearing. Two are still being detained by the U.S. Marshal, while the three are out on bail.<\/p>\n
They were indicted the other day by a grand jury on four counts of illegal gambling, conspiracy and money laundering which were filed by the federal government.<\/p>\n
Liu Jun Wei alias “A-Wei,” Tam Pan “Bing Ge,” Huang Hui Men “A-Huang,” Chen Cheng Zhan “A-Chen,” Cai Zai Ming “A-Ming,” and Chen Yung Yao “Daryl Chen” were named as defendants.<\/p>\n
It was only “Daryl Chen” who was not arraigned at yesterday’s court proceeding.<\/p>\n
Based on court documents, the alleged illegal gambling operations involving beto-beto , baccarat and big & small games began on July 1997 and continued until August of this year.<\/p>\n
The business was set up on the second floor of Poon’s Restaurant along Middle Road in Garapan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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