Las Vegas woman pleads guilty to bigamy and fraud

A 33-year-old woman has agreed to plead guilty to bigamy and fraud after authorities say she married more than a dozen men in Las Vegas to fund a gambling habit. Jiaying Chen, who also used the alias Vicky Liang, entered her plea agreement in Las Vegas Justice Court this week, with a sentencing hearing scheduled for August 20.

Chen was arrested on June 4, 2026, after detectives received a tip she was meeting a man at a restaurant to discuss another marriage. At the time of her arrest, she was found to be in possession of a fraudulent U.S. passport and a Nevada driver's license bearing her photo but the alias name. Authorities said she was still legally married to six different men, with five of those marriages occurring within a three-month period earlier this year.

According to police and court records, Chen's scheme operated from March 2019 until her arrest. She submitted 14 marriage license applications to the Clark County Marriage License Bureau, resulting in seven completed marriage certificates under her real name. After an initial arrest in 2024, she was released on bond and failed to appear in court. She then began using the alias Vicky Liang, under which she submitted...