'Breaking the law is never the right way to get ahead,' said Bonta in a prepared statment. 'We will not tolerate criminal activity in our state. The pair were arrested on May 6, 2020, in Harris County, Texas, on California felony arrest warrants. Nguyen would then begin to play at that same table and place significant wagers when he recognized the sequence of cards relayed by Tran. According to a press statement from Bonta, as part of the scheme, Tran would peek at a sequence of cards after shuffling and would convey the sequence to Nguyen before she left the table.

The husband and wife pled guilty to a scheme to cheat at the card game Baccarat while Tran was working as a dealer at the casino.

LIVERMORE (CBS SF/BCN) - A couple found guilty of felony grand theft from a Livermore casino were sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to repay more than half a million dollars in restitution, state prosecutors said.Ĭalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the sentencing Wednesday of Eric Nguyen and Khanh 'Tina' Tran, who were charged in 2020 for a gambling scheme they ran at the 580 Casino in Livermore between 20.

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