{"id":8976,"date":"2015-07-09T15:52:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T15:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2015\/07\/09\/man-indicted-for-using-counterfeit-chips-in-2014-borgata-poker-tournament\/"},"modified":"2015-07-09T15:52:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T15:52:31","slug":"man-indicted-for-using-counterfeit-chips-in-2014-borgata-poker-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2015\/07\/09\/man-indicted-for-using-counterfeit-chips-in-2014-borgata-poker-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Man indicted for using counterfeit chips in 2014 Borgata Poker Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\nTYLER R. TYNES, Staff Writer<br \/>\n\tA North Carolina man was indicted Wednesday on charges that he brought millions of dollars in counterfeit poker chips to Atlantic City to use in a poker tournament at the Borgata Casino.<br \/>\n\tChristian Lusardi, 43, was indicted by an Atlantic County grand jury on charges of second-degree trademark counterfeiting, second-degree attempted theft by deception and third-degree criminal mischief.<br \/>\n\tRELATED ARTICLE<br \/>\n\t$2.7 million in counterfeit poker chips found in Harrah&#8217;s sewer pipe<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/communities\/atlantic-city_pleasantville_brigantine\/million-in-counterfeit-poker-chips-found-in-harrah-s-sewer\/article_74d7939c-8546-11e3-8cd4-001a4bcf887a.html\">http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/communities\/atlantic-city_pleasantville_brigantine\/million-in-counterfeit-poker-chips-found-in-harrah-s-sewer\/article_74d7939c-8546-11e3-8cd4-001a4bcf887a.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tThe alleged plot was discovered after workers at Harrah\u2019s discovered a stopped pipe had been clogged with millions in counterfeit poker chips.<br \/>\n\tState Police identified Lusardi as the man they believe was responsible for the counterfeit chips and arrested him Jan. 24, 2014. Police say he ordered the poker chips over the Internet from a Chinese manufacturer and affixed the counterfeit logo stickers to them.<br \/>\n\tThe New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, which cancelled the tournament on Jan. 18, 2014, issued an order directing the fair distribution of remaining prize funds and refund of entry fees by the Borgata.<br \/>\n\t\u201cLusardi\u2019s alleged scheme to play high-stakes poker with counterfeit chips played out like a Hollywood movie plot,\u201d said Acting Attorney General Hoffman. \u201cAs theatrical as this was, we cannot lose sight of the serious nature of this financial crime. By allegedly betting with phony chips, Lusardi cheated other players and cost the Borgata hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost tournament revenues.\u201d<br \/>\n\tThe poker chips additionally caused $10,000 in damage to the plumbing at Harrah&#8217;s. That was the basis for the charge for criminal mischief.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Replies:<\/h3>\n<p>No replies were posted for this topic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER R. TYNES, Staff Writer A North Carolina man was indicted Wednesday on charges that he brought millions of dollars in counterfeit poker chips to Atlantic City to use in a poker tournament at the Borgata Casino. Christian Lusardi, 43,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-casino-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}