Kristian P. Lusardi

Kristian P. Lusardi is a criminal and semi-amateur poker player known for the 2014 Borgata Poker Chip Scandal (also known as Borgata Chipgate Scandal) in which he implemented fake chips into a live poker tournament known as the Pro-Amateur U.S Winter Championship (also known as the Borgata Winter Poker Open).

Criminal activities
Lusardi was originally suspected in a case dating back to 2010 when he then subsequently was arrested in January, 2014 after authorities found a total of $3,6 million worth of tournament - counterfeit chips - clogging the pipes having been flushed down the toilet in what appeared to be Lusardi's vacant hotel room.

DVD bootlegging
At a house warrant in Lusardi's home federal forces found over 37,000 pirated DVD.

In April 2015, Lusardi pled guilty to two federal charges which included copyright infringement and trafficking in counterfeit labels.

Poker chip counterfeit
Lusardi was suspected to have used counterfeit chips in the Borgata Main Event. On 13 August 2015, Lusardi pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree trademark counterfeiting and third-degree criminal mischief.

Poker activities
The counterfeited chips had been in use to boost Lusardi's stack in the live tournament 2014 Borgata Winter Poker Open in which Lusardi subsequently finished in the money for $6,814.

Other poker ventures
Lusardi finished runner-up in the New Jersey Low Stakes Championship (World Series of Poker Circuit (Atlantic City)) in 2008 for $29,189.

Sentencing
In October 2015 Lusardi was sentenced to five years in prison.

In January 2017 it was reported that Lusardi had been released from prison.