Atlantic City fake chips disposed of in toilet worth $2.7 million, Some Atlantic City fake chips were flushed down a casino toilet after a man tried using the counterfeit pieces to his advantage. In all, $2.7 million poker chips were flushed away. It ended up getting the man who did it sentenced to five years in prison.
According to Reuters, Christian Lusardi, 43, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to second-degree trademark counterfeiting and third-degree criminal mischief back in August. A New Jersey Superior Court judge sentenced him for his role in the Atlantic City fake chips incident.
The Atlantic City chips were found on Jan. 16, 2014, just days days after the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, started hosting its "Winter Poker Open." Lusardi was competing in the event.
Lusardi was afraid of being caught flushing the Atlantic City fake chips down the toilet at the casino, so he took 500 of them to his hotel room at Harrah's Casino Hotel. The flushing ended up clogging a pipe and damaging a sewer line to two adjoining rooms.
A tournament was canceled on Jan. 18, 2014 after 22 other fake chips were found in a clogged a toilet in the mens' room at Borgata.
Lusardi had been ordered to pay Borgata $463,540 in lost tournament revenue and Harrah's $9,455 for plumbing damages after flushing the Atlantic City fake chips down the toilet. He was reportedly sentenced in spring to five years in prison in a "separate case involving DVD bootlegging."
According to Reuters, Christian Lusardi, 43, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to second-degree trademark counterfeiting and third-degree criminal mischief back in August. A New Jersey Superior Court judge sentenced him for his role in the Atlantic City fake chips incident.The Atlantic City chips were found on Jan. 16, 2014, just days days after the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, started hosting its "Winter Poker Open." Lusardi was competing in the event.
Lusardi was afraid of being caught flushing the Atlantic City fake chips down the toilet at the casino, so he took 500 of them to his hotel room at Harrah's Casino Hotel. The flushing ended up clogging a pipe and damaging a sewer line to two adjoining rooms.
A tournament was canceled on Jan. 18, 2014 after 22 other fake chips were found in a clogged a toilet in the mens' room at Borgata.
Lusardi had been ordered to pay Borgata $463,540 in lost tournament revenue and Harrah's $9,455 for plumbing damages after flushing the Atlantic City fake chips down the toilet. He was reportedly sentenced in spring to five years in prison in a "separate case involving DVD bootlegging."
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