Police allege a woman working at Casino M8trix worked with her husband to methodically steal hundreds of thousands of dollars over several years SAN JOSE — A worker at Casino M8trix has been arrested on allegations that she schemed with her husband to methodically embezzle gaming chips from her workplace to the tune of hundreds […]
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A California casino agreed to pay $500,000 for not alerting federal authorities about a “high roller” who brought in millions in cash to use in games of baccarat. Federal regulators believe the casino violated anti-money laundering provisions in the Bank Secrecy Act, according to a statement from the Department of Justice last week. They left […]
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday filed a complaint with the state’s Gambling Control Commission against The Bicycle Hotel and Casino. That’s after the federal government fined the Bell Garden cardroom $500,000 for violating a law to stop money laundering. Earlier that same day, the US Attorney for California’s Central District said The Bicycle […]
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The operators of the Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens will pay $500,000 to settle violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. The casino accepted responsibility for failing to properly file reports for a Chinese national who conducted millions of dollars in cash transactions back […]
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles-area casino will pay $500,000 to settle allegations that it violated anti-money laundering laws by failing to properly file reports about a Chinese player who spent millions in cash, authorities announced Friday. The Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens agreed to pay the revenue it made from the […]
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SACRAMENTO— One of California’s more profitable card rooms agreed Thursday to a record $5.3 million penalty for misleading gambling regulators and violating a federal law designed to deter money laundering, the state attorney general’s office said. Artichoke Joe’s Casino in San Bruno, south of San Francisco, failed to properly report an investigation by the federal […]
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“'This indictment describes a massive operation that laundered millions of dollars in illicit proceeds,’ said U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy.”
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The Gardens Casino, a card room that underpins the one-square-mile city of Hawaiian Gardens, has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle allegations brought by the California attorney general’s office that the casino’s operators made no mention of a federal probe and resultant $2.8-million penalty when applying to renew its license. California Atty. Gen. Xavier […]
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The owner of a San Diego card room and casino was sentenced Monday to three years behind bars for running a racketeering ring out of his business, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Sanders Bruce Segal, 66, was sentenced to 37 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $222,000 in revenue he gained through […]
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation suspected two San Diego card club room operators of trying to bribe San Diego politicians to help save their business, according to affidavits revealed in a federal court case. In the 2015 documents, an FBI agent asked a judge for permission to continue a wire-tap and to monitor electronic communications […]
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A grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday charges 25 people and two businesses with participating in an illegal gambling operation that laundered an estimated $10 million in gambling proceeds through card rooms in Chula Vista and San Diego. A contingent of federal, state and local law enforcement personnel, including a SWAT team, served search warrants at […]
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities raided two card clubs on Wednesday and made arrests in seven states as they dismembered a massive illegal gambling operation that allegedly ran card games out of Southern California mansions, took bets from Canada to Mexico and laundered $10 million through San Diego County card clubs and Las Vegas casinos. […]
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Busts from Chula Vista to New Jersey, involving sports betting and poker in Rancho Santa Fe Federal authorities announced Wednesday that 25 people have been indicted in a massive international gambling ring that netted $10 million in profits from sports betting and high-stakes card games played at swanky rented Rancho Santa Fe mansions. The two-year-long […]
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A federal grand jury is probing a Los Angeles-area casino following allegations by state authorities the business allowed some players to evade transaction reporting requirements and possibly launder money, a source said. The grand jury is probing the operations of the Gardena-based Normandie Casino, the source said. Authorities suspect many of California’s roughly 90 casinos […]
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Northern California today announced an indictment of a crime ring working out of two card clubs shut down yesterday by federal agents. The clubs are Artichoke Joe’s Casino in San Bruno and Oaks Card Club in Emeryville. So how long will these gambling establishments be closed? From the Examiner: Both operations were served with […]
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