The four casino workers generated false “ coin - in ” amounts on the electronic gaming machines , including video slots , which resulted in “ fraudulent ” credit vouchers for the same totals , the indictment says . Mechanically , the four workers connected one end of a wire to a device inside a gaming machine “ that would recognize coins . ” They then connected the other end of the wire to another metal surface inside the cabinet that would cause the machine to generate the coin - in amounts . To erase their tracks , the indictment says , they “ conducted a ‘ hard reset ’ or ‘ RAM clear ’ of the [ gaming machine ] , which would delete the history of the false and fraudulent ‘ coin - in ’ amounts from the [ machine ] . ” The total take was $ 5.3 million , according to federal prosecutor Dwayne Williams . The alleged computer fraud scheme lasted from Jan. 29 , 2011 to May 27 , 2015 . All eight of the defendants committed money laundering by taking the stolen casino funds and buying real estate , investment properties , vehicles and college savings plans in Florida , the indictment says . Read more here : https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article233612282.html#storylink=cpy ;