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To: ICE <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: ICE wrote on the message board: > Federal agents serve search warrant at Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell > Gardens > > BELL GARDENS, Calif. (KABC) -- > Federal agents from multiple agencies executed a search warrant > Tuesday morning at the Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens, > authorities said. > > Few details were immediately disclosed about the warrant, which a > spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said was > issued by a magistrate judge and "filed under seal in relation to an > ongoing investigation." > > "Because the warrant is under seal, we are not able to comment on the > scope or nature of the investigation," said Virginia Kice, ICE's > western regional communications director. > > The investigation at the hotel-casino, located at Florence and Eastern > avenues, was being conducted by members of the Los Angeles > High-Intensity Financial Crime Area Task Force, which includes ICE's > Homeland Security Investigations. > > > The IRS Criminal Investigation division, the California Bureau of > Gambling Control and the U.S. Attorney's Office also participated in > the raid. > > "This is beyond belief," a concerned citizen told Eyewitness News. > "The people are wonderful. The service is wonderful. You don't > understand that 1,000 people are now out of their job. This is > devastating to the community." > > Homeland Security Investigations personnel were seen in the facility's > parking lots, whose entrances were cordoned off by yellow tape and ICE > vehicles at about 7 a.m. Officials said the casino would be closed the > remainder of Tuesday. > > The Bicycle Hotel & Casino told Eyewitness News in a written > statement, "We are working with authorities and currently do not have > additional information. As soon as the federal agents have completed > their work, we will be in full operation." > > Employees standing outside the casino said they were concerned about > whether they would still have a job after Tuesday. > > "Well as of right now, we're not sure," an employee told Eyewitness > News. "We don't know what's going on so we'll find out tomorrow and > we'll see if we're a bit more concerned tomorrow." Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. They may benefit from your insights If you decide not to send email, post a follow up instead, or return to the original message