Ministering Angel Casino - Rogue Casino

A few months ago, we received a request for a casino logo. A neat little project for which we developed a nifty little angel character, using our typical illustrative logo style. Then the ‘client’ submitted a second project for a more conventional casino mark. Couple of playing cards, some text. Nothing to raise alarms just yet - casino website owners tend to develop multiple portals, all featuring the same gambling software, in order to maximize their internet profile. Multiple, and simultaneous casino logo projects are not that uncommon. From my experience in designing logos for casinos, folks that run them, despite a sketchy rap, are pretty well like any other client. No reason to be suspicious - just another day at the shop.

Alas, unbenownst to us, this ‘client’ was actually from Serbia - filling out project briefs for the projects via a proxy in Columbus, Ohio - and then submitting retainer payments using stolen credit cards. By the time our credit card company had caught up with the fraud, we had completed one of the projects and sent the complete source files on their way. Another, the angel motif - partially revealed here - was halted just before we sent the ever-so-valuable Adobe Illustrator files.