The 48-year-old founder of Suncity Group pioneered the junket industry that brought high rollers from mainland China to gamble in Macau theSun theSundaily gambling casino illegal convict trial court law Macau junket AlvinChau WorldNews
A Macau correctional services van , purportedly carrying the city’s former junket boss Alvin Chau, arrives in court in Macau on January 18, 2023 for his expected verdict for running an illegal gambling empire/AFPPix: Macau’s former “junket king” Alvin Chau was found guilty of running an illegal gambling empire Wednesday, ending a criminal trial that shocked the casino hub and toppled one of its highest-profile gaming tycoons.
At its peak during the 2010s, junkets contributed the bulk of gaming revenue for the former Portuguese colony, which boasted a pre-pandemic casino industry bigger than Las Vegas. Prosecutors charged Chau with 289 counts of fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling -- crimes that could land him in jail for decades.
Suncity under Chau’s leadership “conducted illegal gambling for unlawful gains for a long time,“ she said in her ruling.
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