Las Vegas Sand’s alleged link man to Chinese Government has been arrested for smuggling more than $4.5m cash to the United States in over a two-year period.

Ng Lap Seng has been arrested in New York on Saturday and were accused on Monday in federal court in Manhattan of repeatedly engaging in a conspiracy to obstruct and make false statements to US customs officials.

According to FBI investigations, In June 2014, Ng landed in New York with a $400,000 cash and told customs officials that the money was intended to purchase paintings and to gamble in Las Vegas casinos.

Ng and his assistant Jeff Yin have made eleven trips to the United States from July 2013 to September 2015, each time bringing $200,000 to $900,000.