Five Indicted for $1.1M Atlantic City Casino Bogus Check Scam

Authorities inwards New island of Jersey hold indicted V New York State residents for allegedly bilking Atlantic Ocean City casinos out of more than $1.1 trillion using a “sophisticated” fraudulent chequer scheme.

Xiuhuan Zhang, 65, Qingtao Zhang, 53, Sen Ge, 29, Shuai Liu, 30, and Peng Cai, 33 were charged Thursday with second-degree conspiracy and various counts of second-degree theft past deception, the nation Attorney General’s Office said.

Over the blank space of deuce-ace days in August, the 2 female members of the gang, Xiuhuan Zhang and Qingtao Zhang, allegedly presented forged checks at fin casinos inwards the city. These were exchanged for casino chips before being cashed out. According to tell prosecutors, the trey men “assisted [the women] at various times” during the alleged fraud.

Amsterdam Arrest

Casinos targeted were Caesars, Borgata, Ocean, Hard Rock, and Golden Nugget. At for each one casino, Xiuhuan Zhang allegedly presented a fraudulent TD Bank Official check into for $150,000 to obtain chips, and Qingtao Zhang allegedly presented a fraudulent Bank of America Cashier’s check into for $134,000.

The gang up was not ever successful. The Hard John Rock denied one tick off for $150,000, patch Qingtao Zhang was told she could only when have chips inward incremental amounts on her $134,000 check.

Xiuhuan Zhang was arrested by Dutch law inwards Dutch capital earlier this month at the quest of New Jersey authorities. The others are relieve at large. The say Attorney General’s Office said it was currently investigating other individuals it believes may live linked to the crimes.

Suspects Face Ten Years

“The defendants were caught executing a sophisticated financial strategy spanning multiple casinos and over a zillion dollars inward fraudulent checks,” said Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck inward a statement.

This vitrine is simply single example of the splendid work on — inwards this instance crossways international borders — performed past the members of the New island of Jersey State Police and Division of Criminal Justice who are assigned to inquire and pursue crimes inward the casinos,” he added.

New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice Specialized Crimes Bureau obtained an Atlantic County grand jury bill of indictment on Oct 13. If convicted, the suspects face quintet to 10 years inwards country prison house and a crook mulct of upwards to $150,000.

“The State Police Casino Gaming Bureau and the Division of Criminal Justice Casino Prosecutions Unit routinely piece of work together to look into and prosecute major cases involving financial fraud, money laundering, or other crook deal committed in the casinos inward Atlantic City,” said Director Lyndsay V. Ruotolo of the Division of Criminal Justice.

“Through their vigilance, expertise, and diligent work, we are holding those responsible for these crimes accountable,” she added.