Local 2 Charged In Counterfeit Poker Chip Scheme At Maryland Live! Casino

[Akillies]

[h=1]2 Charged In Counterfeit Poker Chip Scheme At Maryland Live! Casino[/h] February 25, 2014 4:10 PM

Mike Hellgren WJZ general assignment reporter Mike Hellgren came to Maryland's News...


HANOVER, Md. (AP/WJZ) — Maryland State Police have arrested two people from Virginia and are looking for two others in connection to a counterfeit poker chip scheme at the Maryland Live! Casino.
Mike Hellgren reports state police recovered fake chips floating in a lake in Virginia.
The investigation began Jan. 20 when casino security officers called in police after finding dozens of counterfeit $100 poker chips. The court document states the chips were larger than standard chips used at the casino and at least one was a $1 chip from Charles Town Casino in West Virginia that had been painted.
Maryland Live! Casino released the following statement:
“We are working closely with state police and will not be commenting on the specific details of the case, except to praise our internal security and surveillance and the police for their swift action. Our team’s ability to immediately recognize the situation allowed us to provide time sensitive information to investigators that led to the speedy apprehension of the suspects without any financial impact to our operation. This result clearly demonstrates that the systems and training deployed at Maryland Live! Casino are highly effective and should serve as a deterrent to criminal behavior.”
Casino staff identified four people from northern Virginia as the likely source of the counterfeit chips and the warrant served last week in Fairfax County states investigators believe they made thousands of dollars over several days.
Those charged are identified as Rosa A. Nguyen, 36, and her husband, Vuong Q. Truong, 37, both of Annandale, Va. Nguyen is charged with one count of theft between $1,000 and $10,000, and two counts of conspiracy to commit theft between $1,000 and $10,000. Truong is charged with four counts of committing a theft scheme and one count of conspiracy to commit theft.
Police believe Rosa Nguyen purchased $150,000 worth of counterfeit casino chips via the Internet for $12,000. The chips were then altered to appear similar to Maryland Live! Casino chips.
One of the suspects tried to discard the chips in Lake Accotink in Springfield, Va., not far from the suspects’ home. But the chips floated, and investigators were able to recover about $115,000 worth of the counterfeit casino chips.
Police are seeking charges against two additional suspects in an unrelated case of fraudulent chip use at Maryland Live! Investigators believe these two suspects, a boyfriend and girlfriend also from Northern Virginia, obtained $1 chips from a West Virginia casino and altered them to appear as $100 chips from Maryland Live!
The case remains under investigation.

 

[Recon792]

eww buoy !!!!!!!!!

 

[Akillies]

criminal masterminds

 

[Recon792]

pure evil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[NFLTrends]

Not going to say they are guilty or innocent, just going to let the chips fall where they may

 

[HarryCaray]

One of the suspects tried to discard the chips in Lake Accotink in Springfield, Va., not far from the suspects’ home. But the chips floated

hno:

 

[mickj]

The floating chips are the kiss of death.:Carcajada::Carcajada:

 

[TopShelf11]

Them fucking Asians and their gambling.

 

[Murphy8276]

what kind of casino allows $1 chips to look anything like $100 ones? hno:


-murph

 

[sharky99]

Didnt they cancel a Poker tournament in Atlantic City in the middle of the tourney because of counterfeit chips

 

[Betallsports]

Didnt they cancel a Poker tournament in Atlantic City in the middle of the tourney because of counterfeit chips

Yes, I believe it was recent. Like last month at the Borgota .

 

[mickj]

what kind of casino allows $1 chips to look anything like $100 ones? hno:


-murph

They were from Charlestown.

 

[festeringZit]

[ Guy drops a $1K poker chip at Bay 101, a regular pockets it and gets caught on camera... ]

Last week I was playing the 40-80 at Bay 101 on my lunch break and I got up with 1 big grey chip and a bunch of reds in my rack. Headed to the cage to cashout when I realized I had left my phone on the table. As I turned around to go back the big chip fell out onto the floor without me noticing ( I usually put them in my pockets for exactly this reason). Anyway I headed back to the table, and in that time some random dude who is apparently a 3/6 regular swooped in, saw the chip on the ground, pocketed it and left. I noticed 5 mins later that the chip was missing, They rolled the tape and saw the guy who did it. San Jose's finest was called in, and they spent an hour looking at the tape, and concluded that they unable to treat it as theft because he hadn't seen me drop the chip. But they did agree to send someone to the guy's house to try to scare him to give it back (they traced him through his car plates). Nobody home. So then they dropped it and I gave up hope.

2 days ago the dude rolled in to bay with the chip in his pocket. One of the floor ladies (god bless her) id'd him from the pics they had and asked him to give it back or he would be barred. The guy asked if he could be put on a payment plan (lol). She said no way, so then he decided that being barred from his 3/6 game was worse than losing the 1000$ essentially free money and gave it back. That chip is back in my pocket now.
So:

1. lol at that guy. how sick of a gambling addiction must he have that he turns down 166 big bets so he doesn't have to stop playing his 3/6 game that he probably loses 20$ an hour at.

2. Careful with your big chips !

3. A big fat thank you to the entire Bay 101 staff and management for their extremely professional behavior and service to a good customer. Also to the SJPD who did the best they could for me, despite having more important issues to deal with I'm sure.

 

[sharky99]

Doesnt look like they put much thought into the chip thing

Good last story, thanks Zit

 

[CoachCB]

That's right up the road from me. I haven't been to Maryland Live since they made it a real casino.

 

[Murphy8276]

[ Guy drops a $1K poker chip at Bay 101, a regular pockets it and gets caught on camera... ]

Last week I was playing the 40-80 at Bay 101 on my lunch break and I got up with 1 big grey chip and a bunch of reds in my rack. Headed to the cage to cashout when I realized I had left my phone on the table. As I turned around to go back the big chip fell out onto the floor without me noticing ( I usually put them in my pockets for exactly this reason). Anyway I headed back to the table, and in that time some random dude who is apparently a 3/6 regular swooped in, saw the chip on the ground, pocketed it and left. I noticed 5 mins later that the chip was missing, They rolled the tape and saw the guy who did it. San Jose's finest was called in, and they spent an hour looking at the tape, and concluded that they unable to treat it as theft because he hadn't seen me drop the chip. But they did agree to send someone to the guy's house to try to scare him to give it back (they traced him through his car plates). Nobody home. So then they dropped it and I gave up hope.

2 days ago the dude rolled in to bay with the chip in his pocket. One of the floor ladies (god bless her) id'd him from the pics they had and asked him to give it back or he would be barred. The guy asked if he could be put on a payment plan (lol). She said no way, so then he decided that being barred from his 3/6 game was worse than losing the 1000$ essentially free money and gave it back. That chip is back in my pocket now.
So:

1. lol at that guy. how sick of a gambling addiction must he have that he turns down 166 big bets so he doesn't have to stop playing his 3/6 game that he probably loses 20$ an hour at.

2. Careful with your big chips !

3. A big fat thank you to the entire Bay 101 staff and management for their extremely professional behavior and service to a good customer. Also to the SJPD who did the best they could for me, despite having more important issues to deal with I'm sure.

I am surprised its not theft either way when caught on tape? Theft from you or possibly from the casino. If you find a 1k chip on the ground, I dont care how immoral you are, but you have to be an idiot to think the cameras won't see your every move...


-murph

 

[CoachCB]

I am surprised its not theft either way when caught on tape? Theft from you or possibly from the casino. If you find a 1k chip on the ground, I dont care how immoral you are, but you have to be an idiot to think the cameras won't see your every move...


-murph

He was probably following the old bible verse:

"Finders Keepers....Losers Weepers!"

 

[niltes]

zit, i was at bay101 last week for a few days. they have the best food of any poker
room i've been to. i would of played 40, but the 20 games (especially at night
and graveyard) were way too good to ever leave. how does the 40 or the 80
there compare to the 20?

 

[festeringZit]

He was probably following the old bible verse:

"Finders Keepers....Losers Weepers!"

FYI, That's not from the Bible...

 

[festeringZit]

zit, i was at bay101 last week for a few days. they have the best food of any poker
room i've been to. i would of played 40, but the 20 games (especially at night
and graveyard) were way too good to ever leave. how does the 40 or the 80
there compare to the 20?

I haven't been to bay 101 in about 3 years... I was just relaying that story from a thread on twoplustwo.com