article_snippet: Mihai Lacatos, a Romanian national, lied A poker player who cheated casinos across the country out of tens of thousands of pounds by making almost invisible dents and bends in cards way into casinos A poker player who cheated casinos across the country out of tens of thousands of pounds by making almost invisible dents and bends in cards had been banned from by producing fake ID cards and driving licences.
article_snippet: Sentenced: Mihai Lacatos, a Romanian national, would sit at casino tables for hours deftly making the marks in the cards before using Mihai Lacatos, a Romanian national to work out his opponents' hands.
article_snippet: Lacatos admitted 14 fraud offences and four further charges of possessing false ID documents which date back to 2008.
article_snippet: Lacatos conviction is the one of the first for ‘card marking’ - a technique which is thought to have made the skilled fraudster hundreds of thousands of pounds over Lacatos six-year spree.
article_snippet: Lacatos is known to mark cards at three card poker thereby causing loss to operators across the UK.
article_snippet: As a result of these findings the matter was reported to the police, the packs of cards were handed over and were analysed and were found to have been marked.
article_snippet: Lacatos has simply printed bogus Hungarian and Romanian identity cards from the internet and laminated bogus Hungarian and Romanian identity cards from the internet.
article_snippet: , Recorder Alexander Layton QC said Lacatos ‘deliberately planned’ Recorder Alexander Layton QC crimes and used a ‘large number’ of false names.
highlights_snippet: Unemployed poker player Mihai Lacatos cheated at casinos across country .
  
highlights_snippet: Romanian national marked cards with dents to cheat at poker games .
  
highlights_snippet: Unemployed poker player Mihai Lacatos was banned from numerous casinos in but used fake ID to get in .
  
highlights_snippet: Unemployed poker player Mihai Lacatos cheated clubs out of tens of thousands during Unemployed poker player Mihai Lacatos six year spree .
  
highlights_snippet: Unemployed poker player Mihai Lacatos admitted 14 fraud charges and was jailed for 18 years today .