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The $6,000 in cash would not have triggered B.C.’s new rules that require gamblers to file a source-of-funds declaration for cash and cash equivalents greater than $10,000.

The tighter restrictions were triggered by a B.C. government review over concerns outlined in a confidential report commissioned by the B.C. Lottery Corp. from auditor MNP LLP that found $13.5 million in $20 bills had been accepted in the River Rock Casino in July 2015.

In response to questions from Postmedia, Great Canadian Gaming officials said the company does not comment on law enforcement activity.

According to documents filed at the hearings, when questioned as to why he was Canada, Jin said it was solely to gamble and for a holiday because he had never been to Canada before. He had planned to stay about one month, and said he did not plan to visit his wife and daughter in San Francisco where they are living. He had not been to the United States for five years, which immigration board member McPhalen surmised was because Jin was concerned he could be arrested and detained in the U.S.

In an Australian case heard at the Supreme Court of Victoria, Jin’s wife had tried to overturn an order to get access to a home in California being held under proceeds of crime laws.

The 2016 court ruling noted that: “Investigations … show that Jin gambles huge sums of money that cannot be reconciled with his known legally obtained income. He is a person who has held multiple identity documents. Those matters can support a suspicion that Jin uses funds supplied by others to gamble and the multiple passports can mask who is controlling the funds that he gambles with.”

According to documents filed at the deportation hearing in Vancouver, Jin works as a marketer for a sports company in China.

In response to questions from Postmedia, the Australian Federal Police said a July 21 court date for Jin pertains to a civil-based proceeds of crime action against property located in Australia and the United States.

As the matter is before the courts, AFP officials said they could not comment further.

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