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A second Honolulu man allegedly connected to a gambling website is scheduled to plead guilty to placing bets online, money laundering and filing a false tax return.
The federal prosecutor filed the charges Monday against Felix Gee Wan Tom.
Tom is scheduled to plead guilty in U.S. District Court next month.
In addition to the charges, the prosecutor filed documents seeking the forfeiture of more than $1 million in cash that authorities seized from Tom’s residence in May, another $1 million they seized from safe deposit boxes and accounts at three Las Vegas casinos, $862,852 from three bank accounts, $330,483 from the residence of car salesman Terrence Ching, who has admitted to being an online bookie, and $104,645 Tom later surrendered.
THE federal prosecutor is also seeking the forfeiture of a luxury condominium in downtown Honolulu, a home in Las Vegas, the proceeds from the sale of a condominium in a Kakaako high-rise, luxury watches, precious stones and gold and diamond jewelry.
According to the charges, Tom placed the bets with www.malibusport.com, one of two gambling websites on which Ching admitted he placed bets for other people.
Ching pleaded guilty in February to transmitting wagering information and to filing a false 2011 tax return. He is scheduled to face sentencing in August. As part of his plea deal with the prosecutor, Ching agreed to cooperate in any further investigation of his Internet gambling activity involving the Costa Rican-based websites www.malibusport.com and www.betislandsports.com.