2023-11-24 16:00:00
Ji Xiaobo was accused by the Mainland of being the head of a cross-border gambling group 2023-11-25 00:00 Following Zhou Zhuohua and Chen Ronglian, another cross-border gambling group was investigated and sentenced in the Mainland. Yesterday, the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court issued a first-instance verdict against Cui Limei and 15 other evil criminal groups. Cui Limei was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for opening a casino, and Ji Moumou (handled in a separate case) was named as the mastermind. It is reported that Ji is none other than Ji Xiaobo, the “casino tycoon” who is quite popular in Hong Kong and Macao, and Cui Limei is his aunt.
The mainland continues to crack down on cross-border gambling-related crimes. The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court announced yesterday that 15 people including Cui Limei were guilty of opening a casino, picking quarrels and provoking trouble, illegally intruding into a residence, collecting illegal debts, and transporting others across the border. They were sentenced to the crime of opening a casino. Cui Limei was sentenced to 8 years and 6 months in prison and fined RMB 200,000; Shen Zhonglian, Yang Kunhua and others were sentenced to the crime of opening a casino, picking quarrels and provoking trouble, illegally intruding into a residence, collecting illegal debts, and transporting others across the border. 14 people were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 7 years and 6 months to 1 year and 8 months, and were also fined.
Aunt Cui Limei was sentenced to 8 and a half years in prison
After trial, the court found that between 2008 and 2021, in order to seek illegal benefits, Ji Moumou (handled in another case) and Dong Moumou (handled in another case) jointly or separately organized Cui Limei and other three people to open casinos overseas; organized Shen Zhonglian Eight other people used violence, threats and other means to demand illegal debts caused by gambling; organized defendant Zhou Jingwen and other four people to convert illegal claims and transfer assets caused by gambling. The above-mentioned people have gathered together for a long time and formed an evil criminal group with Ji Moumou as the leader and Cui Limei and other 15 members. In Beijing and other provinces and cities, they have organized and solicited Chinese citizens to go overseas to gamble and provoke troubles many times. , illegal intrusion into residences, collection of illegal debts and other illegal and criminal acts.
The court did not directly identify Ji Moumou, but it is reported that he is Ji Xiaobo, the boyfriend of Taiwanese actress Wu Pace and a popular “casino tycoon” in Hong Kong and Macao. Cui Limei is his aunt, Ji’s mother’s sister, and served as Ji Xiaobo for a short time. He is the executive director of a Hong Kong listed company “Imperial Pacific”.
Dong Moumou mentioned in the case is Ji Xiaobo’s latest business partner. The court mentioned that Ji Moumou and Dong Moumou were “handled in separate cases” and it is believed that they have not yet been brought to justice.
Ji Xiaobo is about 45 years old and is from Harbin in Northeast China. He later entered the gaming industry in Macau and became a “junket operator”. He also moved to Hong Kong’s business world and has four children with Taiwanese actress Pace Wu.
Ji Xiaobo has been involved in financial turmoil in recent years. This summer, debt collection posters appeared on the streets of Hong Kong. There was a photo of him and his girlfriend Pace Wu, and the words “International level old man” and “Borrowing money until he disappears from the world. At the end of the road, credit Account day”.
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