{"id":777000712,"date":"2022-12-05T13:06:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777000712"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:21:53","slug":"levo-chan-trial-starts-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/levo-chan-trial-starts-today","title":{"rendered":"Levo Chan trial starts today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chan is accused of running illegal gambling operations and money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Levo Chan Weng Lin<\/strong>\u2018s trial starts today (December 5). The former head of Tak Chun was arrested in January<\/a> with eight other people and was charged by Macau\u2019s Public Prosecution Office for leading a criminal gang, money laundering, running illegal gambling operations and running illegal gambling operations in a casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The possible punishments for each charge if a guilty verdict is found vary from up to three years in prison for running illegal gambling to up to 15 years for leading a criminal gang. Chan was accused by police of under-the-table,<\/strong> or multiplier, betting for high rollers in Macau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With multipliers, bets on casino tables effectively represent private bets and can be multiples of official bets, thereby avoiding some bets paying Macau\u2019s effective tax rate of 39 per cent on gross casino gaming revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to public broadcaster TDM, the Macau casino operators Wynn Macau, Sands China, SJM Holdings and MGM China Holdings are plaintiffs in the case, accusing the defendants of damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just last week, the trial of Alvin Chau Cheok Wa<\/strong>, the former CEO of Suncity (now LET Group Holdings Ltd<\/a>), heard final pleas on his indictment for allegedly leading a criminal group, money laundering, providing illegal gambling at licenced establishments and making illegal online and proxy bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge presiding over the Suncity trial <\/strong>has set January 18, 2023, as the date for the verdict<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chan is accused of running illegal gambling operations and money laundering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The trial of Levo Chan Weng Lin, former head of Tak Chun, has commenced in Macau, facing charges including leading a criminal gang, money laundering, and operating illegal gambling schemes like 'multiplier betting' to evade Macau's 39% GGR tax. Major casino operators such as Wynn Macau, Sands China, SJM Holdings, and MGM China Holdings are plaintiffs, alleging damages. This follows the recent Suncity trial involving Alvin Chau, underscoring Macau's intensified regulatory enforcement against illicit junket operations.","focusai_entities":"Levo Chan Weng Lin, Tak Chun, Macau\u2019s Public Prosecution Office, Wynn Macau, Sands China, SJM Holdings, MGM China Holdings, Alvin Chau Cheok Wa, Suncity, LET Group Holdings Ltd","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Junket Model Future?","query":"What are the long-term implications of these high-profile trials for the viability and regulatory structure of the junket operator model in Macau, and how might this reshape B2B partnerships and GGR contributions?"},{"label":"Operator Liability Impact?","query":"Given that major casino operators are plaintiffs, what is the potential financial and reputational liability exposure for licensed operators implicated in or damaged by such illicit activities, and how will this affect their governance frameworks and investor confidence?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777000712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777000712"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777000738,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000712\/revisions\/777000738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777000712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777000712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777000712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}