![]() ![]() “This course of conduct went on for years, involved thousands of individual (transactions), and was only discovered long after Ms. It seeks damages for the $2.9 million it claims the couple stole, plus more than $26 million in punitive damages and more than $8.8 million in Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) damages. The suit alleges fraud and money laundering racketeering. The couple is also accused of taking $200,000 in cash withdrawals over five years from a fund that was supposed to provide Christmas presents to tribal children. It also alleges they falsified casino payroll records to provide themselves with “unauthorized payroll distributions.” The couple, who have since married, were aided by the use of “a secret credit card,” as well as by laundering money from the tribal smoke shop, according to the lawsuit. In a lawsuit filed last Thursday in Sacramento federal court, the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians claim the tribe’s former CFO, Deborah Howard, and tribal administrator Jesse Brown blew the money on tickets to Disneyland, an Elton John concert, and WrestleMania XXX, among other things. The tribes says two former officials “misappropriated funds on a grand scale.” (Image: Berry Creek Rancheria) The Gold Country Casino Resort is owned by the Berry Creek Rancheria. is being sued for $38 million by the tribe that owns the property, The Sacramento Bee reports. Gaming Business, Regulation, Tribal Gaming.Ī couple who allegedly “skimmed” $2.9 million from the Gold Country Casino Resort near Oroville, Calif. ![]()
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