A federal jury has issued a conviction in the case of $700,000 stolen from Four Winds Casino Hartford in Michigan.
A federal jury has convicted a Chicago, Illinois man for posing as a tribal chairperson and stealing thousands of dollars from a West Michigan casino.
Chicago man was convicted in a $700,000 phone scam targeting Michigan's Four Winds Casino, owned by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. FBI investigation ongoing.
A Chicago man has been convicted in the theft of $700,000 from a Michigan casino. Investigators described a remarkable scheme in which an employee was tricked into stuffing cash into ...
A Chicago man who was convicted recently of interstate transportation of stolen money and theft from and Indian Tribal organization in Michigan is scheduled to be sentenced in April.
The theft stemmed from a call that was made to the casino in July 2023 by a person claiming to be a tribal chairperson who needed funds to make an urgent payment.
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan and Indiana and its Four Winds Casinos presented checks totaling $335,000 to 11 local organizations at a ceremony Wednesday at Four Winds South Bend.
The crime occurred in 2023 at the Four Winds Casino in Hartford in southwestern Michigan, which is operated by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. The FBI said a key employee who handles cash ...