Alvin Chau Explained
| Alvin Chau Cheok-wa |
| Native Name: | 周焯華 |
| Other Names: | Sai Mai-wa |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Macau |
| Nationality: | Portugal
People's Republic of China |
| Occupation: | Businessman/mafia |
| Spouse: | |
| Partner: | Mandy Lau (2014-2019) |
| Children: | 7 |
Alvin Chau Cheok-wa[1] , nicknamed Sai Mai-wa, is a Macanese-born businessman and founder of Suncity Group.
Career
Chau is the founder and CEO of Suncity, the largest junket operator in Macau.[2] At times, the company controlled almost 50% of the VIP gaming business in Macau.
Chau is a former member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's Guangdong Provincial Committee.
Prosecution
On November 28, 2021, Chau was arrested on a warrant issued by the city of Wenzhou. The arrest warrant was based on allegations of illegal cross-border casino operations and money laundering. Along with Chau, ten alleged accomplices were arrested. Within a week of Chau's arrest, Suncity closed all of its VIP rooms in Macau.
He was convicted in January 2023 of leading a criminal syndicate, and running illegal gambling and fraud operations, and sentenced to 18 years in prison.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Notes and References
- News: Ng . Kang-chung . Lam . Jeffie . 2021-11-28 . Macau police arrest casino junket boss Alvin Chau, 10 others over alleged gambling offences . en . 南華早報 . 2022-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220219104944/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3157657/macau-police-arrest-casino-junket-boss-alvin-chau-10 . 2022-02-19.
- Book: Simpson, Tim . Betting on Macau: Casino Capitalism and China's Consumer Revolution . 2023 . . 978-1-5179-0031-1 . Globalization and Community series . Minneapolis, MN.
- News: 2023-01-18 . 創立及領導犯罪集團等罪成 太陽城前主席周焯華判監18年 . 東方日報 . Yahoo . 2023-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120235341/https://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E5%89%B5%E7%AB%8B%E5%8F%8A%E9%A0%98%E5%B0%8E%E7%8A%AF%E7%BD%AA%E9%9B%86%E5%9C%98%E7%AD%89%E7%BD%AA%E6%88%90-%E5%A4%AA%E9%99%BD%E5%9F%8E%E5%89%8D%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD%E5%91%A8%E7%84%AF%E8%8F%AF%E5%88%A4%E7%9B%A3-18-%E5%B9%B4-032318187.html . 2023-01-20.
- News: 2018-06-26 . 周焯華旗下太陽國際蝕6073萬 . 2018-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190330005928/https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/finance/20180626/bkn-20180626002655521-0626_00842_001.html . 2019-03-30.
- News: 2017-03-31 . 【洗米華】太陽世紀：改名後擬注入太陽城集團業務 . 2018-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190426220342/https://hk.finance.appledaily.com/finance/realtime/article/20170331/56505535 . 2019-04-26.
- News: 2023-01-18 . 周焯華判監18年 逾百項控罪罪成、加重清洗黑錢罪不成立 . 香港經濟日報 . 2023-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230118034925/https://inews.hket.com/article/3444557/%E3%80%90%E5%91%A8%E7%84%AF%E8%8F%AF%E6%A1%88%E3%80%91%E5%91%A8%E7%84%AF%E8%8F%AF%E5%88%A4%E7%9B%A318%E5%B9%B4%E3%80%80%E9%80%BE%E7%99%BE%E9%A0%85%E6%8E%A7%E7%BD%AA%E7%BD%AA%E6%88%90%E3%80%81%E5%8A%A0%E9%87%8D%E6%B8%85%E6%B4%97%E9%BB%91%E9%8C%A2%E7%BD%AA%E4%B8%8D%E6%88%90%E7%AB%8B . 2023-01-18.
