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Scam diverted $865,000 from Las Vegas Mirage to AC casino

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001 | 11:10 a.m.

ATLANTIC CITY -- A state grand jury has indicted a German man on charges of defrauding Trump Taj Mahal Casino of $1.25 million in a credit scam.

According to the indictment, returned Monday, Majid S. Farvid, 53, of Dusseldorf, received credit at the casino in 1997 by providing false information about a checking account. The account actually belonged to the Mirage Resort in Las Vegas, authorities said.

Farvid is accused of writing two counter checks worth a total of $865,000 on the Mirage account to Trump Taj Mahal, where he ran up $1.25 million in gambling debts between Nov. 24 and Dec. 12, 1997.

Superior Court Judge Linda R. Feinberg issued an arrest warrant for Farvid. Katherine Lyons, a spokeswoman for the state Division of Criminal Justice, said authorities do not know where his whereabouts.

If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison and fines of up to $100,000.

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