Attorney General Bonta Secures Guilty Pleas Against Pair Who Operated Livermore Gambling Scheme – California Department of Justice

SACRAMENTO California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announcedthe convictionsofEric Nguyen andKhanhTinaTran, who were charged in 2020 in connection with an alleged gambling scheme that resultedin the theft ofover $500,000from the580 Casino in Livermore, California between 2015 and 2017.

Breaking the law is never the right way to get ahead,said Attorney General Bonta.We will not tolerate criminal activity in our state. Todays announcement holds accountable Nguyen and Tran and sends a message that cheating in California will not lead to success.

The pair pleaded guilty to felonygrandtheftand, as a result of their convictions, theyweresentenced to240 daysinjail, two years ofsupervisedprobation,andordered to payrestitution in the amount of $507,600. The husband andwifeduopledguilty toaschemeto cheat at the card game Baccarat while Tran wasworking as a dealerat the 580 Casino in Livermore.As part of the scheme, Tran would peek atasequence of cards after shuffling and wouldconveythesequence to Nguyenbefore she left the table. Nguyen wouldthen begin to play at that same table and place significant wagers when he recognized the sequence of cardsrelayed by Tran. The pair were arrested on May 6, 2020 in HarrisCounty, Texas, pursuant to California felony arrest warrants.

Todays announcement is the result of an investigation conducted by special agents with the California Department of Justices Division of Law Enforcement.

Attorney General Bonta is committed to protectingthe interests of the people of California and upholding the states laws and regulations.In September 2021, Attorney General Bontaannounced formal court approval of a $3.5 million-dollar stipulated judgmentagainst Pong Game Studios Corporation for illegal gambling and associated marketing. In August 2021, Attorney General Bonta announced thesettlementof a case against Lucky Lady Card Roomin San Diego, in response to a 2016 allegation that illegal bookmaking operations were being run out of the cardroom. In November 2021, Attorney General Bontatook action against The Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens, following resolution of a federal investigation that the casino violated the anti-money laundering provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act.

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Attorney General Bonta Secures Guilty Pleas Against Pair Who Operated Livermore Gambling Scheme - California Department of Justice