Alvin Chau

Alvin Chau Cheok-wa^[1] (Chinese: 周焯華; Jyutping: zau1 coek3 waa4), nicknamed Sai Mai-wa (Chinese: 洗米華; lit. 'wash rice Wah'), is a Macanese-born businessman and founder of Suncity Group.

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Alvin Chau Cheok-wa
周焯華

Born	(1974-05-30) May 30, 1974 (age 50) Macau
Nationality	Portugal People's Republic of China
Other names	Sai Mai-wa
Occupation	Businessman/mafia
Spouses	Yang Su-mei Heidi Chan (m. 2002)
Partner	Mandy Lau (2014-2019)
Children	7

Career

Chau is the founder and CEO of Suncity, the largest junket operator in Macau.^[2]^: 303 At times, the company controlled almost 50% of the VIP gaming business in Macau.^[2]^: 303

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.^[2]^: 302 The arrest warrant was based on allegations of illegal cross-border casino operations and money laundering.^[2]^: 302 Along with Chau, ten alleged accomplices were arrested.^[2]^: 302 Within a week of Chau's arrest, Suncity closed all of its VIP rooms in Macau.^[2]^: 302

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]

Law enforcement authorities around the world have continued to uncover Chau's vast connections to some of southeast Asia's most prolific drug trafficking and cyber-enabled fraud networks, among other criminal groups, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.^[7]

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