The case against Silver was botched by prosecution lawyers. They accidentally released the name of a key government informant, who had helped build the government\u2019s case, during a routine evidence disclosure process to Silver\u2019s lawyer.<\/p>\n
A federal judge determined that to continue with the case would place the witness \u201cat high risk of death.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Qin has agreed to forfeit $1.14 million in cash, which was seized from Silver during police raids in 2015. Additionally, she will relinquish $17,800 in River Rock Casino chips, also seized in the swoop, as well as gift cards and personal property, including jewelry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The province will also keep 45 percent, or $192,725, from the sale of a home that had been owned by Qin in Vancouver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
British Columbia will seize more than $1 million from alleged Richmond, Vancouver casino money launderer Caixuan Qin as part of a civil forfeiture agreement. It\u2019s a drop in the ocean compared with the $220 million in drug money that police believe Qin and associates washed per year, largely through Richmond casinos. Qin was one-half of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":194810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
BC Seizes $1.1M From Woman Accused of Laundering $220M a Year<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n