Maybe Drixx trolled him and that was his fake claim.
But seriously, that's a good question. I wonder what he was thinking. Maybe he thought it seemed like a more plausible for the situation, or that Roland was on his own and not part of a group where they could speak.
If I was to guess. The mafia fake claim is a VT, pretty hard to claim VT when you were seen visiting someone. I am guessing that Gory decided to claim Roland to try and get Roland to reveal himself.