{"id":194809,"date":"2021-12-09T16:53:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T00:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=194809"},"modified":"2021-12-09T19:10:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T03:10:31","slug":"bc-seizes-1-1m-from-woman-accused-of-laundering-220m-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/bc-seizes-1-1m-from-woman-accused-of-laundering-220m-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"British Columbia Seizes $1.1M From Woman Accused of Washing Millions Through Casinos"},"content":{"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.<\/p>\n

\"Caixuan
Caixuan Qin, left, and her late husband, Jain Jun Zhu, who was gunned down in September 2020. They were the defendants in Canada\u2019s biggest money laundering case, which fell apart in November 2018. (Image: Vancouver Sun<\/em>\/Casino.org<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Qin was one-half of the crooked currency exchange Silver International. Silver was the subject of the biggest money-laundering prosecution in Canada\u2019s history, which collapsed in confusion<\/a> in November 2018.<\/p>\n

Hail of Bullets<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The other half was her husband, Jian Jun Zhu, sometimes rendered as Jain Jun Zhu. He died in a hail of bullets<\/a> in September 2020 as he dined at the Manzo Itamae Japanese Restaurant in Garden City, Richmond.<\/p>\n

A Vancouver man, Richard Charles Reed<\/a>, was arrested last month and charged with his murder. But police said they believe others are involved in the crime, and the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

Drugs, Terrorism Links<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Prosecutors alleged that Silver had ties to the drug trade in South America, the fentanyl factories of China\u2019s Guangdong province, and to Middle Eastern criminal gangs with links to terrorist financing.<\/p>\n

They said the company was a front for an underground bank. That’s where criminals could deposit hard currency and receive a payment into a Chinese bank account in return.<\/p>\n

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The dirty money was then lent to high rollers on gambling junkets from China, who would hit BC casinos with sports bags stuffed with $20 bills, prosecutors alleged. The casinos converted the cash into chips, which could then be reclaimed as \u201cclean\u201d currency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The scale of money laundering at BC casinos has become a national scandal in Canada. Operators have been accused of turning a blind eye to large cash transactions in the pursuit of profits.<\/p>\n

This turned the casino sector into a \u201claundromat for organized crime,\u201d according to an independent report commissioned by the provincial government.<\/p>\n

Botched Prosecution<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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":"\nBC Seizes $1.1M From Woman Accused of Laundering $220M a Year<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Caixuan Qin, widow of Jian Jun Zhu, accepts $1.1 million money laundering civil forfeiture. 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