Nevada 'Runaway Bride' Who Married Multiple Men To Fund Gambling Addiction Ordered To Repay $280,000
Jiaying Chen was ordered to repay over $280,000 for a bigamy and fraud scheme driven by gambling addiction.Summary
Jiaying Chen, 33, of Nevada, was sentenced after pleading guilty to bigamy and financial fraud for a yearslong scheme in which she married multiple men, extracted large sums of money, and then abandoned them. Investigators found she had five marriages in the past year and sought 14 marriage licenses between 2019 and 2024, with seven documented marriages. Prosecutors detailed financial harm to nine men, with restitution claims from roughly $8,100 to $81,000; one victim made five trips to China trying to recover his funds. Her defense blamed compulsive gambling and said she wanted to make victims whole. The court imposed a suspended prison term of eight to 20 years plus eight months, totaling about one year including time served. After release, Chen must complete two years of supervised probation, attend gambling recovery programs and counseling, and repay a combined $280,062.86. She was also allowed to move to Florida to join a new romantic partner and work at a friend's sushi restaurant.
(Source：Zerohedge)