Nowadays, the casino industry is being associated with cheating and crime, even if recent research has shown that, it’s in fact, of the cleanest and most successful Internet businesses ever.
Phuong Quoc Truong, also known as John Truong and "Pai Gow" John, will surely remain in the history as the leader of Casino-Cheating criminal enterprise who managed to perform a masterpiece racketeering Conspiracy on 16 casinos.
The Criminal Division Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Karen P. Hewitt, and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington Jeffrey C. Sullivan have just announced that “Pai Gow” has pleaded guilty, to conspiring and participate in the conduct of the affairs of a racketeering enterprise, known as the "Tran Organization." The hollywoodian scheme was mostly based on bribes to casino supervisors and card dealers and blocks of unshuffled cards. These were the only tools the bad guys used to soak millions of dollars out of 16 casinos.
Moreover, according to a recent press release, Truong also pleaded guilty multiple charges, among which conspiring to commit theft from an Indian tribal Emerald Queen Casino gaming establishment. A three-count indictment was already returned in San Diego on May last year, charging Phuong Quoc Truong and 13 others each with one count of conspiracy to participate in the affairs of a racketeering enterprise; one count of conspiracy to commit several offenses against the U.S., including conspiracy to steal money and other property from Indian tribal casinos; and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
What Phuong Quoc Truong surely forgot to take into account is that the racketeering conspiracy charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The conspiracy charge relating to theft from an Indian tribal gaming establishment carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Notably, in his plea agreement, Truong admitted he was the one to create the criminal enterprise "Tran Organization", based in San Diego, exclusively for the purpose of participating in gambling cheats at casinos across the U.S.
He even said that, together with his co-conspirators, have unlawfully obtained up to $7 million during card cheats, while the proceeds of the racketeering conspiracy amounted to at least $2,791,146. Unfortunately, selling two houses in the San Diego area, two properties in Vietnam, the 2001 Porsche Carrera, a Rolex Presidential watch and a white gold Mercedes logo diamond-encrusted pendant still won’t be enough to cover the massive hole! And “Pai Gow” is only the seventh of 19 members of the ring to plead guilty!
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