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The director of civil forfeiture has filed suit against an alleged international money launderer to get casino chips seized from him forfeited to the B.C. government.

The lawsuit targeting $75,000 worth of chips taken from Dan Bai Shun Jin last month was filed June 13, according to documents obtained by Postmedia News.

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The RCMP arrested Jin at River Rock Casino in Richmond on May 25 — a day after the Canada Border Services Agency detained a woman arriving at Vancouver International Airport with US$20,000 allegedly intended for Jin.

The government suit says CBSA agents “determined that Mr. Jin was the subject of an arrest warrant issued from the state of Nevada … regarding an alleged $1.4 million US fraud.”

Jin, also known as Dan Bui Shin Jin, was in possession of the chip, as well as $805 in U.S. cash, the suit says.

Police searched Jin’s room at the River Rock on May 26 and found “documents relating to crime proceedings involving Mr. Jin in Australia” and “documents associating Mr. Jin to the importation of $20,000 US into Canada.”