Washington Post – A Northern Virginia couple who bet that they could get away with using doctored chips at Maryland Live has been charged, just weeks after another pair were charged in a similar fake-chip scheme, authorities say.
Ngan S. Nguyen, 29, and his girlfriend, Dung N. Vo, 35 — both from Herndon in Fairfax County — were each charged with one count of felony theft, one count of conspiracy to commit felony theft and two other felony-theft-related counts. The charges were issued by the Anne Arundel County District Court Commissioner’s office, though neither Nguyen nor Vo has yet been served with a criminal summons.
Investigators used surveillance footage as well as driver’s license data to record the alleged crimes, which they said were committed throughout the state’s largest casino.
Nguyen and Vo are suspected of altering numerous white $1 chips from Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia to make them look like black $100 chips from Maryland Live, according to a Virginia court document.
The couple arrived at the Arundel Mills gambling palace two nights before Thanksgiving, the document says, and proceeded to one of the table-game pits. Vo sat down and gave the dealer “several” fake black chips in exchange for “approximately $400″ worth of green $25 chips, then moved to a nearby table, where she lost a hand and then headed to the cashier’s cage, the documents allege.
