{"id":8401,"date":"2023-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/confirmed-the-18-year-sentence-for-alvin-chau-cheok-wa\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T00:00:00","slug":"confirmed-the-18-year-sentence-for-alvin-chau-cheok-wa","status":"publish","type":"asia","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/confirmed-the-18-year-sentence-for-alvin-chau-cheok-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed the 18-year sentence for Alvin Chau Cheok Wa."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Four defendants had their sentences reduced from 15 to 12-and-a-half years, according to last week&rsquo;s ruling. They were: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><strong>Philip Wong<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><strong>Cheong Chi Kin<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">, who had worked as a &ldquo;junket agent&rdquo; for Suncity Group, and that admitted during the trial to conducting multiplier bet business in VIP rooms run by the junket group; <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><strong>Tim Chau Chun Hee<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">, who during the trial admitted that he had invested in entities dedicated to multiplier bet business; and <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"><strong>Ali Celestino,<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\"> described in court as a former Suncity Group executive helping to run the group&rsquo;s information technology.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/asia\/alvin-chaus-ruling-will-hit-macau-highrollers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Alvin Chau&#39;s ruling will hit Macau highrollers<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Macau&rsquo;s Court of Second Instance has confirmed the 18-year sentence for Alvin Chau Cheok Wa, former boss of now-defunct Macau casino junket Suncity Group Ltd. Some of the other defendants had their sentences reduced, according to a ruling published on Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Mr Chau (pictured in a file photo) and some of the other defendants were acquitted of fraud charges, and will not have to pay &ndash; as a way of compensation &ndash; HKD8.67 billion (US$1.08 billion) to the Macau government and a number of the city&rsquo;s casino operators, according to the latest ruling.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman,serif\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,serif\"><span style=\"font-size:large\">Mr Chau and Philip Wong Pak Ling, the latter identified as the former head of Suncity Group&rsquo;s finance department, were however convicted on aggravated money laundering charges. The pair and seven other defendants were ordered to pay nearly HKD25.51 billion to the Macau government as a way of compensation for gains from illicit gambling operations and from profits made via money laundering activities, stated the appeal court.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Chau and some of the other defendants were acquitted of fraud charges and will not have to pay \u2013 as a way of compensation \u2013 HKD8.67 billion (US$1.08 billion) to the Macau government and a \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5878,"menu_order":227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3102],"class_list":{"0":"post-8401","1":"asia","2":"type-asia","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-mr-chau-and-some-of-the-other-defendants-were-acquitted-of-fraud-charges-and-will-not-have-to-pay-as-a-way-of-compensation-hkd8-67-billion-us1-08-billion-to-the-macau-government","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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