Cockfight operators plead guilty

By Nelson Daranciang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 27, 2012

~~<p>A Leeward Oahu couple pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to charges that they conducted a gambling operation on their property in Lualualei that included cockfights and card and dice games and deposited some of the proceeds into their credit union account in cash increments of $10,000 or less to avoid reporting requirements.</p>
<p>Lloyd Robert Marshall, 67, and Nitta Mitsuko Marshall, 65, each face up to five years in prison for conspiring to operate an illegal gambling business and up to 10 years for each of 13 counts of structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements. They will be sentenced in January.</p>
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A Leeward Oahu couple pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to charges that they conducted a gambling operation on their property in Lualualei that included cockfights and card and dice games and deposited some of the proceeds into their credit union account in cash increments of $10,000 or less to avoid reporting requirements.

Lloyd Robert Marshall, 67, and Nitta Mitsuko Marshall, 65, each face up to five years in prison for conspiring to operate an illegal gambling business and up to 10 years for each of 13 counts of structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements. They will be sentenced in January. Login for more...