Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who arrested the alleged high-ranking member of the 14K Triad and high-stakes poker player Paul Phua at Cesar Palace Las Vegas in July 2014 "went too far," the US District Judge Andrew Gordon ruled on Friday.
According to Gordon, the FBI operation that led to the arrest of Puha, his 22-year-old son Wai Kit "Darren" Phua, Malaysian businessman and poker player Sen Chen "Richard" Yong, and five others, was carried out in violation of Phua's right as the federal agents did not have the search warrant they needed to enter the hotel room.