China jails 20 in ’biggest-ever’ Internet gambling case: report
A Chinese court on Sunday jailed 20 people in what is thought to be the country’s biggest ever online gambling case, state media reported.
The Shanghai Putuo District People’s Court sentenced ringleader Qian Baochun, 41, to six years and ordered him to pay a fine of five million yuan (735,000 dollars, 567,000 euros) for establishing gambling websites, the Xinhua news agency said.
Nineteen other men were handed prison terms ranging from one to five years and fines of 20,000 yuan to one million yuan, according to the report.
"This is possibly the country’s biggest online gambling case," court spokesman Zhang Minxian, was quoted as saying.
The gang started business during the Germany World Cup, in the summer of 2006, Xinhua said.
The court heard Qian and two others opened accounts on overseas gambling websites and began to develop a network of agents and gamblers, earning 1.6 million yuan from wagers, the report said.
The Shanghai Putuo District People’s Court sentenced ringleader Qian Baochun, 41, to six years and ordered him to pay a fine of five million yuan (735,000 dollars, 567,000 euros) for establishing gambling websites, the Xinhua news agency said.
Nineteen other men were handed prison terms ranging from one to five years and fines of 20,000 yuan to one million yuan, according to the report.
"This is possibly the country’s biggest online gambling case," court spokesman Zhang Minxian, was quoted as saying.
The gang started business during the Germany World Cup, in the summer of 2006, Xinhua said.
The court heard Qian and two others opened accounts on overseas gambling websites and began to develop a network of agents and gamblers, earning 1.6 million yuan from wagers, the report said.
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