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0 Washington Place, a six‑story townhouse in Greenwich Village, was the site of a high‑stakes poker scam that drew in mafia figures and former NBA players. The property, once rented by Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott while they were pregnant with their second child, was featured in a 2023 episode of “The Kardashians.” In 2024, the home sold for about $17 million to an anonymous shell company registered in Armenia, after years of sporadic listings that once demanded $80,000 a month.
Federal prosecutors say the townhouse was one of two key Manhattan venues used by four powerful crime families to run rigged poker games that swindled victims out of millions. The scheme, which began around 2019, relied on concealed shufflers and X‑ray tables to cheat high‑rollers. In the fall of 2023, a rival mob group staged a competing game on the same night, prompting a violent confrontation in which armed men stormed the building, according to prosecutors.
More than 30 people were charged in the indictment, but neither Jenner nor Scott were named, and there is no evidence they knew of or participated in the operation. The house’s history stretches back further: the composer John Philip Sousa once called it home.
The townhouse’s location—just steps from Washington Square Park—made it a desirable address. It had been on and off the market since 2012, and its final sale was an all‑cash foreclosure. The indictment details how the criminals used former NBA stars to lure high‑rollers into the rigged games, extracting millions from unsuspecting players.
