Counterfeiter Fails To Cash In After Cops Cash Him Out
Counterfeit cash
A twenty two year old Los Angeles gamer attempts to play blackjack with counterfeit cash only to find himself, out of luck, and in jail.
In the last few years, there has been an increase in the amount of counterfeit money being produced across the world, this is common knowledge. But what most people intend to do with counterfeit cash, is buy a few things here or there. What most people do not try to do is take counterfeit cash to a casino.
Casinos are meticulous when it comes to checking bills for authenticity, and to trying to play any game in one using counterfeit cash is walking on very thin ice: playing a game at a casino with fake cash is a certain way to get caught. Just like in the case of twenty two year old Movses Dermishvan.
Mr. Dermishvan, recently decided to visit the Morongo Casino, in Riverside County. He was attempting to pass off counterfeit hundred bills (he claimed he had five of them), at the high stakes blackjack table, where he managed to produce an impressive streak of winning at blackjack. He was ruffled and held by the casinos security officials, who detained him until the Sheriff’s Department arrived.
Mr. Dermishvan had been caught because, one of the casinos employees had noticed that all of his “$100” bills, had the same serial number on them. At around 4 o’clock in the afternoon the Sheriff’s Department employees arrived and when searched, Mr. Dermishvan, instead of having five counterfeit hundred dollar bills on his person, actually was found to have an additional $2,100 in counterfeit cash.
Despite being charged with possession of counterfeit currency, burglary and parole violation, Mr. Dermishvan is now out of prison, thanks to his $5,000 bail being paid.
The search for the origin of the counterfeit currency continues.
According to casino gambling news the Secret Service agency was brought into the mix and they have reason to believe that the fake cash was created by an Armenian counterfeit ring, somewhere in the San Fernando Valley or the Simi Valley region. The operation is feared to be large, and mostly successful.
At present there is no further news on the future of Mr. Dermishvan, but the authorities will no doubt reach deep into the gambling community of Los Angeles, and extra vigilance will have to be taken to ensure that no more counterfeit cash is passed over at Black Jack Tournaments anywhere in the US.
