AG’S OFFICE CHARGES FIVE INDIVIDUALS IN CONNECTION
WITH CRIMES AT ENCORE CASINO
Casino Dealer and Two Others Indicted in Baccarat
Cheating Scheme; Two Individuals Indicted in Connection with a Stabbing
WOBURN – Five
individuals have been charged in two separate incidents at Encore Boston
Harbor, including a cheating scheme and a stabbing at the casino, Attorney
General Maura Healey announced today.
In one incident, an Encore casino dealer, a former casino dealer from
Maryland, and a third individual from Philadelphia have been indicted in
connection with a cheating scheme that netted the group a total of $23,500 over
two nights. In the other incident, a Framingham man and a Natick man have been
indicted in connection with an unrelated assault and battery at the casino.
Cheating Scheme
Jianming Li, 53, of Delaware, and Jun Zhang, 41, of New York, were indicted
today by a Middlesex County Grand Jury on the charges of Cheating Under the
Gaming Act (two counts each), Conspiracy (two counts each), and Larceny by a
Single Scheme (one count each). Li was also charged with Making False
Statements to the Gaming Commission (one count).
De Lin, 46, of Philadelphia, was indicted on the charge of Cheating Under
the Gaming Act (one count), and Conspiracy (one count). All of the defendants
will be arraigned on the charges in Middlesex Superior Court at a later date.
Authorities allege that Li, an Encore Boston Harbor casino dealer, colluded
with Zhang, a former Maryland casino dealer, and Lin in a cheating scheme in
the game of Baccarat that netted them a total of $23,500 over two nights. It is
alleged that while he was dealing the cards, Li exposed a series of playing
cards, memorized them, marked them with a ‘bookmark’ card, then used his cell
phone to communicate the cards and their order to Zhang, when both excused
themselves to use separate bathrooms.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant
Attorneys General Kevin P. McCarthy and Canan Yesilcimen, of AG Healey’s Gaming
Enforcement Division. The case was investigated by the Massachusetts State
Police Gaming Enforcement Unit at Encore Boston Harbor with assistance from the
Massachusetts Gaming Commission, the AG’s Gaming Enforcement Division, and
Everett Police, and with the cooperation of Encore Boston Harbor.
Assault and Battery Incident
David Guante, 30, of Natick, was indicted today by a Middlesex County Grand
Jury on the charge of Assault and Battery Dangerous with a Dangerous Weapon
(one count). James Johnson, 30, of Framingham, was also indicted on the charge
of Assault and Battery (one count). Both will be arraigned in Middlesex
Superior Court at a later date.
According to an investigation by the Massachusetts State Police Gaming
Enforcement Unit at Encore Boston Harbor, Guante and Johnson became involved in
a dispute with another casino patron by the casino cashier. This dispute
resulted in Johnson striking the alleged victim in the face. Guante and the
victim, then engaged in a fight, during which Guante allegedly stabbed the
victim once in his abdomen.
All of these charges are allegations and the defendants are presumed
innocent until proven guilty.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney
General Emil A. Ata, of AG Healey’s Gaming Enforcement Division with assistance from Victim Witness Advocate Ceara
Tavares, of AG Healey’s Victim/Witness Services Division. The case was
investigated by the Massachusetts State Police Gaming Enforcement Unit at
Encore Boston Harbor with assistance from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission,
the AG’s Gaming Enforcement Division, Everett Police Department, Framingham
Police Department, Natick Police Department, Middlesex District Attorney’s
Office and the cooperation of Encore Boston Harbor.
AG Healey’s Gaming Enforcement Division has a dedicated group of
prosecutors and investigators who enforce the state’s Expanded Gaming Act of
2011 and investigate and prosecute illegal activity such as gaming-related
financial crime, organized crime, corruption and money laundering, including
the majority of criminal activity occurring at the state’s casinos.
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