{"id":27835,"date":"2015-03-12T12:57:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T19:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=27835"},"modified":"2015-03-12T12:57:24","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T19:57:24","slug":"san-jose-police-and-fbi-raid-vietnamese-cafes-in-gambling-sting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/san-jose-police-and-fbi-raid-vietnamese-cafes-in-gambling-sting\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Police And FBI Raid Vietnamese Cafes In Gambling Sting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Jose police and FBI agents raided several cafes in the city to seize illegal gambling machines. (Image: baycitizen.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Jose was the site of a major illegal gambling crackdown Tuesday evening, as city police and FBI agents raided numerous Vietnamese cafes in order to seize illegal gambling machines.<\/p>\n

The crackdown, known as \u201cOperation Omni,\u201d followed 18 months of investigations into violence, prostitution and illegal gambling at these locations.<\/p>\n

The raids came after search warrants were issued for 11 locations in East San Jose at around 6 pm Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

The result was the seizure of more than 100 machines from the various cafes and bars that were raided. Dozens of people were also detained, though no arrests were made.<\/p>\n

Several Machines at Each Location<\/b><\/h2>\n

According to police, each business had between three and ten machines, with each machine bringing in anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000 a week in revenue. However, while the machines were the target of the raids, it was actually violence in and around these venues that caught the attention of law enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are seriously injuring people in and around the establishments, and we believe it\u2019s tied to the gaming,\u201d said Lt. Mike Sullivan, the commander of the San Jose police\u2019s vice unit. \u201cEverything from serious violence to people becoming addicted to gambling. It\u2019s almost at epidemic levels.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After reviewing a number of shootings and stabbings near the cafes in 2013, Vice Sgt. Todd Trayer and an FBI<\/a> counterpart from the agency\u2019s San Jose office realized that there was a pattern connecting the locations where these instances of violence were taking place, which led to the joint investigation that culminated in the raids.<\/p>\n

Gambling Machines Were Linked to Violence<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u201cThere was a huge uptick in violence related to these cafes and bars,\u201d Trayer said. \u201cAnd we noticed that one of the connecting dots was that they had machines in them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The raids, which were conducted against venues such as the Wave Caf\u00e9, the Got Hong Coffee House, and the Golden King Teahouse, left patrons and workers at the locations stunned.<\/p>\n

Vu Nguyen, a 40-year-old from San Jose, said he was at the 168 Caf\u00e9 when police stormed the building.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey rushed into the store, they\u2019re yelling, pulling guns on customers, tie-wrapping us,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cI\u2019m playing pool with friends, and I turned around and have two shotguns pointed at me. What did I do wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Nguyen, he had no idea that there was illegal gambling in the store. However, a female waitress at the Xinh Xinh Caf\u00e9 who asked not to be named did confirm to the San Jose Mercury News that she knew her place of work had hosted video gambling machines.<\/p>\n

According to San Jose Police spokeswoman Sgt. Heather Randol, the illegal gambling was not only linked to at least one homicide, but also \u201cquality of life issues\u201d like prostitution and drugs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to send a message that we don\u2019t want this activity in San Jose,\u201d Randol said.<\/p>\n

This was not the first time that San Jose police had worked to crack down on illegal gambling in the city. In November 2013, the San Jose Police Department partnered with the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Agency to break up a gambling ring<\/a> that was run out of several coffee shops.<\/p>\n

In that raid, there were eight individuals arrested and indicted in federal court. In both that case and this week\u2019s raids, police suspect ties to organized crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

San Jose was the site of a major illegal gambling crackdown Tuesday evening, as city police and FBI agents raided numerous Vietnamese cafes in order to seize illegal gambling machines. The crackdown, known as \u201cOperation Omni,\u201d followed 18 months of investigations into violence, prostitution and illegal gambling at these locations. 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