Alleged cheater facing charges at Mohegan Pennsylvania
PLAINS TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— A man investigators say was cheating at the casino is now facing charges.
According to police, officers were called to Mohegan Pennsylvania at 4:30 a.m. Monday regarding a cheating incident.
Police said they spoke with employees and were told they saw 47-year-old Jianchu Liu acting suspiciously at a baccarat table. Upon reviewing the security footage, police noted Liu was adjusting what appeared to be a phone underneath the scorecards.
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After the dealer stopped shuffling and allowed Liu to cut the deck, surveillance video showed Liu moving the dealer’s hands around to “dictate how he [the dealer] should be holding the deck.”
Liu left the table after the shuffle and the dealer replaced the cards according to the affidavit.
Employees told police they searched their database and found that Liu was part of a team of Baccarat cheats and had been reported for cheating at two other casinos in Missouri.
Officers say they reviewed further surveillance of Liu in the casino and watched him do similar actions as he did at the previous table at another table within the casino.
Liu was charged with two counts of knowingly by trick/fraud/manipulation to win or reduce a loss. This charge is filed when players attempt to manipulate a card shoe by cutting the cards in a manner that would reveal the cards’ number or picture to help win.
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