Between March 2019 and May 2024, Jiaying Chen, 33, submitted 14 marriage applications to the Clark County Marriage License Bureau. She ended up obtaining seven marriage certificates, but it turns out that was all part of a ruse to get unsuspecting men to fund her gambling lifestyle in Las Vegas. She recently waived her right to a preliminary hearing and agreed to plead guilty to two felonies.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Chen’s attorney, Thomas Wells, said his client will plead guilty to one count of bigamy later this week. Chief Deputy District Attorney Austin Beaumont welcomed the plea, saying, “It will permit the victims of these crimes to provide restitution reports to the court and, ideally, get reimbursed from this defendant for the money she has taken.”
