A woman who authorities say married more than a dozen men in Las Vegas to fund her gambling has agreed to plead guilty to two felonies.
Jiaying Chen, 33, waived her right to a preliminary hearing during an appearance before Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Rebecca Saxe on Tuesday.
Chen’s lawyer, Thomas Wells, said she plans to plead guilty later this week to one count each of bigamy and obtaining money under false pretences more than US$100,000.
“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,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Austin Beaumont said of the plea deal.
Chen was first arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department in 2024 on multiple counts of bigamy and theft.
An arrest report indicates that from March 2019 to May 2024, Chen submitted 14 marriage applications to the Clark County Marriage Licence Bureau, resulting in seven marriage certificates being issued. She was released after posting bond in 2024, then disappeared.