Zhou Zhuohua (nicknamed "Ximihua"), a Macau businessman and founder of Suncity Group (1383), was arrested by the Zhejiang Wenzhou Procuratorate on suspicion of opening a casino. The Macau Judicial Police subsequently arrested Zhou Zhuohua, accusing him of using the Internet to conduct illegal gambling and Money laundering.
Zhejiang Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court announced on Friday (12th) that from the 10th to the 12th, the court held a public trial and combined trial. The Municipal Procuratorate accused the defendant Zhang Ningning and other 34 people of the crime of opening casinos and illegal business operations. The defendant Zhang Shixiu was guilty of opening a casino. Defendant Zhong Haiyan committed three cases including the crime of opening a casino, all of which were a series of cross-border gambling criminal group cases headed by Zhou Zhuohua (handled in a separate case).
The public prosecution agency alleged that since 2007, Zhou Zhuohua, a shareholder and director of Macau Sun City Gaming Junket Co., Ltd., has contracted gambling halls in casinos in Macau and other places, and since 2015, he has opened “SCM Alliance E City” and “UE Global” in the Philippines and other places. E-City” and other online gambling platforms to conduct gambling activities.
In 2016, "Ximihua" attended activities in Macau:
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According to the allegations, in order to seek illegal benefits, Zhou Zhuohua developed shareholder-level agents and gambling agents to provide high commissions to induce agents at all levels to organize Chinese citizens to participate in cross-border gambling, and to promote online gambling platforms to Chinese citizens; establish assets in China The management company provides services for gamblers to exchange assets for gambling chips, assists customers in cross-border capital redemption, and recovers gambling debts; uses domestic underground banks and other third parties to provide gambling capital payment and settlement for gamblers; provides gambler management through domestic technology companies , fund settlement, vehicle services and other technical support; set up companies in China to provide vehicle pick-up and drop-off services for Chinese citizens to go abroad to gamble, organize Chinese citizens to go abroad to gamble in casinos and participate in cross-border online gambling, and gradually form a company based on Zhou Zhuohua First, with defendants Zhang Ningning, Zhang Shixiu, Zhong Zexin, Lai Wentao, Pang Kexun and others as the backbone, and defendants Peng Hao, Mai Guoxiong and others as members, a cross-border gambling criminal group with fixed personnel, clear hierarchy and large number of people.
As of November 2021, the cross-border gambling crime group headed by Zhou Zhuohua has committed the crime of opening casinos, developing more than 400 shareholder-level agents (283 Chinese nationals) and more than 60,000 gambling agents (38,307 Chinese nationals). There are more than 60,000 gambler members in China, and the amount involved is particularly huge, which has seriously disrupted the social management order and market economic order.
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The public prosecution agency also accused the defendant Zhang Ningning, under the instigation of Zhou Zhuohua, to seek illegal benefits for a cross-border gambling criminal group, violated state regulations, traded foreign exchange in disguise, and committed illegal business crimes. The circumstances were particularly serious and seriously disrupted the financial market order.
Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court said that during the trial, the public prosecution agency presented relevant evidence for the above-mentioned crimes, the defendant Zhang Ningning and his defenders cross-examined, the prosecution and defense fully expressed their opinions under the auspices of the court, and the defendants made their final statements.
Thirty-five defendants including Zhang Ningning pleaded guilty and repented in court, and more than 60 relatives of the defendants and people from all walks of life attended the trial.
According to the investigation report of "Hong Kong 01" in December last year, Zhang Ningning is a Hong Kong native and served as a senior executive of several mainland companies in Sun City.
Her parents revealed at the time that their daughter had been arrested in Wenzhou as early as July 2020, and her family had not been able to visit for a year. Sun City hired a lawyer for her.
In addition, on August 7, Xi Mihua's wife Chen Huiling (Ximi's sister-in-law) posted a life clip on the social network. She and her eldest daughter celebrated the birthday of Xi Mihua's eldest son, and the family laughed quite happily.
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