LAS VEGAS (AP) — Days after a federal judge ruled the FBI violated a wealthy Malaysian businessman's constitutional rights in an international Internet gambling probe, defense attorneys in Las Vegas are trying to get the case thrown out.
Attorneys David Chesnoff and Thomas Goldstein are also asking U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon to end pretrial GPS monitoring and let their client, Wei Seng "Paul" Phua, travel abroad.
They said Tuesday that Phua isn't a flight risk, and has had the courage to remain in Las Vegas since last summer to fight federal illegal gambling and transmission of wagering information charges.
Court documents filed Friday point to the judge's April 17 ruling that agents violated Phua's rights against unreasonable search by posing as Internet repairmen last July to get into Phua's suite at Caesars Palace.