Two Queens men accused of pocketing $200,000 in Mohegan Sun card sharp scheme

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Two Queens men pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges they allegedly developed a card sharp scheme that took a Connecticut casino for about $200,000.


Leonard Hu and Hung Leung allegedly paid off a Mohegan Sun mini-baccarat dealer in Norwich, Conn. to help them carry out the conspiracy, cops said.
For $1,000-a-night, Jian Ng, an inside man who worked the casino's tables, marked the 7, 8, and 9 cards by bending them with his thumb, according to police.


Hu and Leung would then have an edge on each hand over the house, cops said.
The men pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony casino cheating and larceny charges in New London Superior Court in Conn. They posted bail and remain free, pending a trial or plea.


Police say that the seeds of the sting were sewn on a fall night a year ago when Hu and Ng met at the nearby Foxwoods Resort Casino.
Hu asked Ng to participate in the hustle and the crooked dealer agreed, according to authorities.


Then on Feb. 11 and in the early morning hours of Feb. 12, another dealer, Bong Louie, was also allegedly drafted into the scheme. He subtly marked the cards prior to the end of his shift, cops said.


Hu and Leung then approached the table and started playing, with no one the wiser that the deck had been stacked in their favor.
Hu made off with $101,600 and Leung finished with a cool $52,000, a state police arrest warrant affidavit says.


But the winnings were apparently not enough, as the greedy and enboldened Queens duo returned to the casino a week later and repeated the hustle - this time with Ng marking the cards.


On that second trip, Hu took in more than $25,000 and Leung, $6,100, cops said.
Ng and Louie were also arrested and charged with casino cheating and larceny and were released on bail. Their lawyers didn't return phone messages Tuesday.
No one answered the phone at Hu and Leung's Queens homes, and Mohegan Sun declined comment.
 
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Greed ... will Catch up with you Every Time.

Guess they weren't happy with $150k on the first score :think2:
 

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i wouldve been content with the 150k and then never ever ever went back....
 

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http://www.ctpost.com/news/crime/article/Men-charged-with-casino-cheating-to-go-on-trial-4663440.php
[h=1]Men charged with casino cheating to go on trial[/h]<!-- e src/business/templates/hearst/article/headline.tpl --><!-- src/business/templates/hearst/article/types/byline.tpl -->[h=5][/h]<!-- e src/business/templates/hearst/article/types/byline.tpl -->[h=5]Updated 10:11 am, Saturday, July 13, 2013[/h]NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Two New York City men are going on trial on allegations they scammed the Mohegan Sun casino out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a scheme police say involved crooked game dealers and marked cards.
The trial of Queens residents Leonard Hu and Hung Leung is scheduled to begin Monday in New London Superior Court. They deny charges of felony casino cheating, conspiracy and larceny.
State police say Hu and Leung teamed with two casino dealers who marked the 7, 8 and 9 cards at mini-baccarat tables at Mohegan Sun in late 2010 and early 2011. The dealers, Norwich residents Jian Ng and Bong Louie, also were arrested and await trial.
Troopers say Hu and Leung won more than $500,000 from the casino from October 2010 to February 2011.
 

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I remember a company I worked for took us to the Mohegan Sun for a team building event; what a bad idea. They gave out money on the spot for and people literally went crazy. I can vaguely remember running into someone I worked with at 4.00 in the morning and waking up the next day with the worst hangover I've ever had. Same company that took 30 of us out to eat and forgot to keep an eye on people. Total bill was $8,000 without tip; some guy had to put it on his credit card which he then had to go back to his boss and expense.
 

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