Man Pleads Guilty To Scamming Louisiana CasinosBenfen Zhang Admitted To Obtaining Fraudulent Cash Advances |
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The United States government said Wednesday that a man has pleaded guilty to “conspiracy to use counterfeit access devices to receive cash advances” from Louisiana casinos.
Prosecutors said that Benfen Zhang, 43, of Flushing, N.Y., and three other Chinese nationals obtained cash advances using unauthorized access devices from November 2012 to September 2013.
Zhang was accussed of driving his co-conspirators to casinos and providing the counterfeit access devices. The co-conspirators would then get cash advances from the casinos, gamble briefly, and then move to the next casino.
The total amount of loss to the casinos is believed to be $103,624.81.
Illegal cash advances were obtained from the Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, L’Auberge Casino in Lake Charles, El Dorado Casino in Shreveport and Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City.
Zhang faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
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