Katy扑克室遭突查4人被捕：检方指非法抽头经营，或追加洗钱指控
位于德克萨斯州哈里斯县的休斯顿都会区11月12日晚间展开一场扑克室突查：哈里斯县警长办公室警员持搜查令进入位于 Katy 高速公路（Katy Freeway）近 New Hope Lane 的 Katy Poker 扑克室，4名经营人员当场被捕，哈里斯县地方检察官 Sean Teare 亲赴现场举行记者会。
检方表示，被捕的4人并非普通牌客，而是该扑克室的经营者，均被控参与有组织犯罪活动。在场牌客被带离现场，未被指控任何不当行为。被捕者姓名尚未公布，周四晚间记者会时现场搜查尚未完成，检方未公布查扣物品与金额。
检方指控的核心是「抽头」：该扑克室从每一手牌的彩池中抽取提成。警长办公室上尉 Mike Santos 表示，执法部门对这家扑克室的调查已持续约一年。Teare 表示，随着调查人员追查该扑克室的银行账户与财务记录，被捕者还可能面临洗钱指控。
这已是哈里斯县地方检察官办公室近三周内参与的第二起扑克室查抄行动。10月22日，休斯顿警方查抄了附近的 101 Poker Club，逮捕4人并查扣逾11.8万美元。Teare 表示，检方正在调查县内其他扑克室，打击非法抽头经营的行动还将持续。
（来源：哈里斯县地方检察官办公室）
Four Arrested in Katy Poker Room Raid: Prosecutors Allege Illegal Rake, Say Money-Laundering Charges Could Follow
Harris County authorities raided a poker room in the Houston area of Harris County, Texas, on the evening of Thursday, November 12: Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies executed a search warrant at Katy Poker, on the Katy Freeway near New Hope Lane in Katy, and arrested four people, with Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare on scene for a news conference.
Prosecutors said the four arrested were not players but people operating the establishment, and all four are charged with engaging in organized criminal activity. Customers at the tables were escorted out and are not accused of any wrongdoing. The names of those arrested have not been released, and as of Thursday evening's news conference the search of the premises had not been completed and officials had not said what, if anything, was seized.
The allegation centers on the "rake": prosecutors say the room was illegally taking a cut from each pot. Sheriff's Office Captain Mike Santos said investigators had been looking at the room for about a year. Teare said money-laundering charges could follow as investigators trace the room's bank accounts and financial records.
It was the second poker-room operation involving the District Attorney's Office in three weeks. On October 22, Houston police shut down the nearby 101 Poker Club, arresting four people and seizing more than $118,000. Teare said his office is investigating other poker rooms in the county and that the crackdown on illegally raking rooms will continue.
(Source: Harris County District Attorney's Office)
来源：哈里斯县地方检察官办公室
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图片来源：图：位于休斯顿的哈里斯县1910年法院大楼。照片：Patrick Feller，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Harris County 1910 Courthouse in Houston, Texas. Photo: Patrick Feller, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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