current events firegeezer on 27 May 2007 09:33 pm
Card counters indicted in interstate casino scam
INITIAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST AT LEAST 24 PEOPLE for conspiring in a major casino swindle were handed down Thursday in San Diego. The investigation began in March, 2002 and is still expanding. Officially, it claims that the ring cheated at least $3.3 million out of 18 casinos in the U.S. and Canada. However, the Justice Dept. is estimating that the total value of the fraud is actually in the $15 - $20 million range. One of the conspirators is the son of Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels.
