Malaysian online poker and betting whale Wei Seng ‘Paul’ Phua has reportedly beaten the illegal sports betting charges filed against him in Macau nearly five years ago.

In June 2014, Phua was one of nearly two dozen individuals arrested at the Wynn Macau casino hotel for what local authorities claimed at the time was the largest illegal sportsbook ever disrupted in the Chinese special administrative region.

Two weeks ago, Phua’s long-delayed trial on those illegal gambling charges got underway at Macau’s Court of First Instance. According to attorney Tom Goldstein, who helped defend Phua on similar charges in the US in 2014 and served as a defense expert in the Macau trial, Phua and 14 co-defendants have been acquitted of the charges filed against them.

Goldstein said defense witnesses had testified that Phua didn’t arrive in Macau until moments before the local Judiciary Police (PJ) pounced on the alleged betting ring. Furthermore, the PJ were unable to provide any evidence linking Phua’s phone or computer records with illegal betting activity.