Cheating Became Big Business For These Casino Thieves

It is one thing for a group of friends to get together and develop what they think is a beat the casino type scheme. It is completely another experience when a husband and wife start a cheat scheme so big that the investigation into it becomes the largest in U.S. history.

For the past five years, what started out as a husband and wife operation, grew into one of the most successful casino cheating scams of all time. Millions and millions of dollars was stolen from casinos through the sophisticated operation.

The cheating involved high tech communication devices, dirty dealers, and the brains to know how to put it all together. Quoc Truong and Van Thu Tran were the masterminds to what turned into a million dollar operation.

The couple traveled through casinos in Canada and the U.S. working their scam to perfection. They paid off dealers, and anyone else who they felt could help them steal more money.

In the end, they and dozens of their family members and associates all were busted by authorities in Canada and the United States. It was a Canadian who sold out eleven more people that were indicted in the scheme in California last week.

The investigation into the scam is still ongoing and is still netting arrests. The couple and the rest of the people who were busted will now be fighting to keep themselves out of jail. If they do receive a prison sentence, it will be a far cry from the luxurious lifestyle they were living thanks to the casino scam.

September 18, 2008
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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