SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 47-year-old Fountain Valley man has agreed to plead guilty to federal offenses for operating illegal gambling dens and paying over $100,000 in cash bribes to a Santa Ana Police Department officer to avoid law enforcement scrutiny of his underground casinos, according to a plea agreement filed Oct. 6 in federal court.
Niem Ngoc Ha, also known as “Dung Body” agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy, operating an illegal gambling business, and bribery, according to Thom Mrozek, the director of media relations for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. In the plea agreement filed in Santa Ana federal court, Ha admitted that he opened and operated four illegal casinos in the Santa Ana area.
