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Posted on 12/17/2007 8:38:03 PM PST by chardonnay
The son of Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels was sentenced to three months in federal prison Friday for his role in conspiring to cheat the Nooksack River Casino out of more than $90,000.
Jacob Nickels was one of 24 people charged in May in connection with a multistate casino-cheating scheme in which bribed employees dealt pre-recorded, unshuffled playing cards.
Teams of swindlers, led by members of a San Diego-area family, fanned out to 18 casinos around the country to execute the "false shuffle" scam in games of blackjack and mini-baccarat.
Prosecutors say the ring cheated casinos out of millions of dollars. The Emerald Queen Casino near Fife lost $868,000 in one game.
Nickels, 26, was a pit boss at the Whatcom County tribal casino in 2005 when he accepted $5,000 to introduce one of the conspirators to willing dealers, according to court records.
With his father watching from the gallery, Nickels told U.S. District Judge John Coughenour that getting involved in the scam was "the biggest mistake of my life."
He pleaded guilty in August to a felony conspiracy charge in a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.
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Said Rat’s son did not work at the casino that lost 868,000 in one hand. He worked at a different casino that got plundered for less.
Does the jail have a family plan? That whole Nickels outfit ought to be locked up.
Thanks for setting me straight.
Thanks Stoat.
Oh wow. Nickels son will be in jail on Christmas Day.
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