Four Members of Casino-Cheating Criminal Enterprise Sentenced

[Mousey]

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WASHINGTON - George Michael Lee, Duc Cong Nguyen, Hop Nguyen and Tien Duc Vu were sentenced today in San Diego for their roles in a scheme by the "Tran Organization" to cheat casinos across the United States and Canada, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Karen P. Hewitt for the Southern District of California announced. Duc Cong Nguyen and Vu admitted that they and their co-conspirators unlawfully obtained up to $2.5 million during card cheats.


A three-count indictment was returned May 22, 2007, and unsealed in the Southern District of California on May 24, 2007, charging Lee, Vu and 12 others each with one count of conspiracy to participate in the affairs of a racketeering enterprise; one count of conspiracy to commit several offenses against the United States, including conspiracy to steal money and other property from Indian tribal casinos; and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. The indictment also charged five separate individuals, ....

 

[Quincel]

Wow, any details as to roughly what they were doing? Was it just a massive scam of them all playing in the same room and sharing information or what?

 

[Mousey]

Wow, any details as to roughly what they were doing? Was it just a massive scam of them all playing in the same room and sharing information or what?

I think they were a part of this ring (included crooked dealers)

See Jetset's post here
https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/threads/cheating-ring-reaped-7-million-from-16-casinos.23887/

 

[Simmo!]

Wow, any details as to roughly what they were doing? Was it just a massive scam of them all playing in the same room and sharing information or what?

They bribed dealers to perform false shuffles. The original article is heavy work but explains it some way down.