LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A woman accused of marrying multiple men in Clark County as part of a fraud scheme has pleaded guilty.
33-year-old Jiaying Chen is accused of marrying multiple men, getting thousands of dollars out of them, and then disappearing.
A criminal complaint says Chen married five men between April and June of this year.
She was arrested last month.
Documents News 3 obtained show that Chen forged a Nevada Driver’s license and US passport under the alias Vicky Liang.
This wasn’t her first arrest.
Court records show Chen was arrested back in 2024 on several counts of bigamy.
According to News 3’s media partner, the Las Vegas Review Journal, police said that Chen used an alias and fraudulent identification as well as lying on marriage applications to carry out fraud to fund her gambling.
According to the RJ, Police found Chen lost more than $300,000 at the Wynn Casino with money she…
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