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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Emmanuel Morilla

Chinese Woman Gambling Addiction Fuelled 14-Husband Wedding Fraud Scam in Las Vegas

Jiaying Chen appears in court in a Las Vegas marriage fraud case in which prosecutors say she married 14 men to fund a gambling habit. (Credit: Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A 33-year-old Chinese woman has agreed to plead guilty to bigamy after investigators said she married at least 14 men in Las Vegas as part of a fraud scheme. Jiaying Chen, who also used the alias Vicky Liang, was still legally married to six men when she was arrested on 4 June 2026, according to reporting on the case.

Court and police records show Chen filed repeated marriage applications in Clark County over several years. Investigators said she met men through WeChat, married them quickly and then asked for money by claiming relatives in China were ill before cutting off contact.

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