Two Scottish Players Get Busted For Las Vegas Gambling Spree!

In more news located across the pond, it looks like 2 Scottish poker pros were recently arrested and convicted of stealing roughly £150,000 from the Bank of Scotland to fund multiple Las Vegas gambling sprees. The elaborate scheme saw the pair utilize a bank error glitch in various cash machines that helped them get thousands upon thousands of dollars in stolen money.

The Scotland natives, identified as Mohammed Imran and Mohammed Ifran (brothers), frequented many hot spots in Las Vegas - especially at the famed Bellagio Hotel and Casino. The two brothers also played against such high stakes players as Microsoft founder Bill Gates and millionaire entrepreneur Kerry Packer.

According to online publication The Scotsman:

“In the scam, the pair used information given to them by ‘an insider’ after Halifax and Bank of Scotland overhauled their autoteller programming system following their merger three years ago. About 400 staff in Scotland and England helped implement the changes.

Imran Bashir, prosecuting, told Glasgow Sheriff Court an error in the system later became apparent although it was not known if it was deliberate.

‘What is clear is that a member of staff … had communicated information of this fault to either of the two accused or other persons,’ he said.”

Mr. Bashir convinced jurors to sentence the two men to 18 months in prison and both have been permanently banned from every casino in the UK, and the judge has stripped them of their privileges of getting a visa to the United States.

Too bad these Scots didn’t have the luck of the Irish, lol….(I slay me)

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