Florida’s illegal gaming ring chief requires the return of six digits in cash and gold
A woman accused of having directed an illegal dollar game ring asks Florida authorities to return six figures in cash and in a gold bar.
Rima Ray, 44, was arrested on July 21 in the County of St Johns, in connection with an alleged racket of 24 million dollars aimed at elderly people around the Senior Entertainment Center of Il Villagio in Lady Lake. According to a report by Greater Belize Media, $ 340,872 in cash and a gold color bar was seized with Ray during a traffic stop in July, that the allegal game operations manager now wants to be returned.
He Villagio Senior Entertainment Center was closed as a place of play after being attacked by the police in July. The state prosecutor’s office suspects that Ray attracted the elderly to play on illegal slot machines, using free food and drinks. When attacked, 190 slot machines and $ 348,221 in cash were entered.
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It is estimated that more than $ 24 million has been channeled via accounts related to the illegal gaming operation via faced companies and abroad accounts between January 2023 and July 2025. Dollars would have been directly on Ray’s personal account, although it only declared $ 20,000 in annual income at IRS.
Ray would also have been linked to the Casino Blue Caribi in San Pedro, Belize, under the nickname “Remington Ray”. She is currently facing accusations of Rico, money laundering, keeping a game and possession of slot machines.
Ray has complained to the Florida authorities that the entry of a backpack in cash and a bar with a kilogram of gold in color during his arrest violated the Florida Contriband FORFHEING ACT. Under the Florida law, the seizure of goods requires a probable decision of cause within 10 working days of the seizure and to inform the owners of the right to a contradictory preliminary hearing, which, according to Ray, did not take place.
Florida authorities take illegal game operations seriously, with more raids that took place this summer in a renewed repression. If he is found guilty, Ray could face the seizure of assets, fines and prison.
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