Defense attorneys will try to convince a federal judge in Las Vegas to order Caesar's Palace officials to release evidence they say will show the FBI used illegal tactics to arrest eight people last July in an international Internet gambling case.
Lawyers and prosecutors meet in court today in the case of Wei Seng Phua. Federal authorities say Phua is part of a Chinese crime group called the 14k Triad.
Phua's lawyer, Thomas Goldstein, denies his client has organized crime ties. He says the FBI improperly enlisted Caesar's employees for an illegal search of luxury villas where Phua and others are accused of setting up an Internet hub to take illegal bets on World Cup soccer games.
Prosecutors deny the tactics used to get a search warrant were improper.
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