Just weeks before her arrest in connection with a $24 million illegal gambling scheme, a St. Augustine woman was found with more than $340,000 in cash during a traffic stop in St. Johns County, raising suspicions that she was preparing to flee the country, records show.
Rima Ray, 44, is accused of running an illegal casino operation under the cover of the IL Villagio Senior Entertainment Center in Lady Lake. Prosecutors allege the business, which was disguised as a social club, catered to seniors and operated like a casino, complete with slot machines and a daily take of $70,000 in unreported income.
Despite her alleged role as CEO of the multimillion-dollar enterprise, Ray lived in a modest single-story home on Menendez Road in St. Augustine. Property records show Ray, who drove a Maserati, purchased the house in 2019 for $330,000…