Russian scammers robbed American casinos

A year ago 4 (four) Russian fraudsters were caught in the United States (Murat Bliev, Ivan Gudalov, Igor Lavrenov, Evgeni Nazarov), they were accused of “robbing” slot machines in at least three states - Illinois, California, Missouri.

The arrested were of the ages of 28 to 38 years old. One of them, Evgeni Nazarov, had a dual citizenship. Most of the time he lived in Miami. The other three with regular consistency came to the U.S. from Russia.

Swindlers preferred slot machine 'Mark VI', produced by the famous American corporation Aristocrat Technology. The fraudsters took different electronic devices with them, for instance, iPhone 5. They were connecting with the server outside the US territory. Devices helped to know how the slot 'Mark VI' will be acting, that helped swindlers to get bigger winning than in regular play of the slot.

In total Russians managed to win about $500,000.

Scammers were usually using the same scheme. They all were operating at the same time in the same gambling establishment emptying the slot machines. After operations three of the fraudsters flew back to Russia

Now those who were chasing easy money will have their next 5 years in prison. Besides that, they will have to pay out fines of $250,000.