Four Indicted in Chinese Poker Scheme
Four men were indicted today in a grand scheme that involved computers, marked cards, and wireless communication devices to apparently cheat a high roller out of tens of thousands of dollars. Using two rented rooms at the Borgata in Atlantic City, the bad guys were planning on running a fixed Chinese Poker game as well as Backgammon and Chess.
Two of the four defendants have been sentenced in the past for fraud schemes including a deal in 1990 when they cheated the Trump Castle Hotel and Casino out of $225,000 playing Blackjack.
The alleged ring-leader, Joseph Ingargiola had this to say “I don’t think I’m a threat to society, I’m a totally nonviolent person”.
After trying to cheat some high roller out of tens of thousands of dollars, I don’t think I’d advertise the fact that I’m nonviolent. Between the guy you cheated and jail, those two fists may come in handy one day very soon.
