After tracking the order of cards dealt in a card game, evidence showed that a member of the organization would signal to the card dealer to perform a false shuffle, and members of the group would then bet on the known order of cards when the slug appeared on the table. According to evidence presented at trial, members of the criminal organization bribed casino card dealers, including Waseleski, to perform false shuffles during card games, thereby creating 'slugs' or groups of unshuffled cards.

1, 2009, with one count of conspiracy to commit several offenses against the United States, including conspiracy to transport stolen property in interstate commerce.Īccording to evidence presented at trial, Waseleski and others executed a 'false shuffle' cheating scheme on games at Resorts East Chicago Casino, in East Chicago, Ind. Waseleski, of Hammond, Ind., and six additional defendants were charged in a one-count indictment returned Sept.

Duffy for the Southern District of California.

WASHINGTON – Mike Waseleski, 46, a former casino card dealer, was found guilty by a federal jury yesterday in San Diego for his role in a cheating scheme by a group of conspirators known as the 'Tran Organization' to steal approximately $1.5 million from Resorts East Chicago Casino, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A.

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