Poker champ wins Michigan tournament while awaiting fraud sentencing Janssen’s alleged kidnapping adds intrigue to financial crime saga Prosecutors say $3.9M fraud scheme funded auto-loan deception George Janssen, the poker player at the center of a bizarre kidnap claim who is currently awaiting sentencing for fraud, won a tournament in his native Michigan Wednesday. George Janssen after winning the Mid-Stakes Poker Tour Venetian $1,600 Main Event in September 2023, just two weeks before his alleged abduction. (Image: MSPT) Janssen outlasted 311 other entrants in a $400 buy-in Ultimate Stack no-limit hold’em event, at Firekeepers Casino in Battle Creek for $18,556, as first reported by PokerNews.com. The four-time World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner is slated to be sentenced for felony financial institution fraud in December. Federal prosecutors say he conducted a scheme to defraud credit unions through fraudulent auto-loan applications between 2016 and 2023. Reported Missing Janssen was reported missing by family members in November 2023 after his car…Read MoreCategory: Crime & Scandals, Poker, financial institution fraud, FireKeepers Casino, George Janssen, kidnapping claim, poker fraud caseSource: Casino.org