HONG KONG, Jan 18 (Reuters) – A Macau court sentenced a top gambling boss to 18 years in prison after he was found guilty of 162 charges, including enabling and operating illegal gaming, public broadcaster TDM reported on Wednesday.
Alvin Chau was chairman of Macau’s Suncity junket operator – which brokered the gambling activity of Chinese high rollers – until December 2021, a month after his arrest.
The sentence marks a dramatic turnaround for the businessman, who was also found guilty of fraud and of running a criminal syndicate, and who once presided over the gambling hub’s VIP industry.
Chau denied all wrongdoing during his two-month trial, which was watched closely by many in the former Portuguese colony, where he has a celebrity-lik…
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