NJ Tournament winner found flushing fake chips down toilet

[SharpAngles]

Wasn't the Centaur from NC? Maybe this is what he's been up to while away from us?

https://boingboing.net/2015/08/13/after-winning-poker-tournament.html

Christian Lusardi, 43, of Fayetteville, North Carolina was pleased to win $6,814 in an Atlantic City poker tournament. But he was sad when his attempt to get rid of $3.6 million of counterfeit casino chips he'd used in the tournament was unsuccessful. Mr. Lusardi pleaded guilty to trademark counterfeiting and criminal mischief and will spend five years in prison. According to Carbon Poker, Lusardi is "already in prison for 5 years right now stemming from a bootleg DVD case where he made over $1 million."
Yahoo News:

Authorities said Lusardi, after suspecting the fake chips had been noticed, flushed them down the toilet in his room at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City, where he had been staying. But the chips clogged the pipes, and guests on the floor below complained that water was dripping into their rooms.

Mr. Lusardi was also ordered to pay the Borgata hotel $463,540 for having to cancel the rest of the tournament and Harrah's Casino Hotel $9,455 for clogging the plumbing.

[daneblazer]

The Centaur was from Canada

[daneblazer]

isn't the fukkin ocean a block away? Why not just throw them in there?

[bobbywaves]

Article is dated yesterday, but I heard about some dude flushing fake poker chips down toilet many month ago. Has to be the same guy, can't be another ignorant fool trying the same thing.

[astro61200]

isn't the fukkin ocean a block away? Why not just throw them in there?

I stayed there a couple months ago.. Can literally walk out of the hotel, cross the parking lot, and there is a bay right there.

[SharpAngles]

Centaur was Canadian? Damn that changes my whole mental image of that crybaby. Swear I saw him mention NC in chat?

And waves, He plead guilty which is why its back in the news. I was sent this link but didn't really read past the headline. Looking at it now its a confusing piece of crap. I should've posted the yahoo article which is clearer....

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A man admitted Thursday that he brought millions of dollars in counterfeit poker chips to use in a casino's poker tournament, a scheme that was uncovered when he clogged a pipe by flushing the chips down the toilet in his hotel room.
Christian Lusardi, 43, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to trademark counterfeiting and criminal mischief. Under terms of a plea agreement, Lusardi will be sentenced to five years in prison.
Authorities said Lusardi, after suspecting the fake chips had been noticed, flushed them down the toilet in his room at Harrah's Resort Atlantic City, where he had been staying. But the chips clogged the pipes, and guests on the floor below complained that water was dripping into their rooms.
Maintenance was called, and the chips were found. An additional 22 tournament chips worth $5,000 were found in a clogged toilet in the Borgata the next day. A total of $3.6 million worth of tournament chips were found, although they have no actual cash value.
Lusardi will be required to pay the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa $463,540 for the revenue it lost when it canceled the 2014 tournament after discovering the fake chips. He also owes Harrah's Casino Hotel $9,455 for damaging the pipes.
There were 27 people remaining in the Borgata Winter Open Big Stack, No Limit Hold 'Em event when play was suspended. The $1.5 million in remaining prize money was put on hold before Division of Gaming Enforcement Director David Rebuck issued an order to distribute the money and refund entry fees.
Lusardi had won $6,814 in the tournament.
Investigators said he purchased the chips from a Chinese manufacturer online and then put a counterfeit Borgata logo on them. In response to the scam, the Borgata began using more intricate chips with more colors and an authentication element that can be checked under ultraviolet light.

[GUMMO77]

I assumed this article would be about Men Nguyen.