{"id":244199,"date":"2022-11-18T16:59:27","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T22:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=244199"},"modified":"2022-11-18T17:21:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T23:21:00","slug":"paskenta-nomlaki-tribe-gets-10m-from-mom-and-son-casino-theives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/paskenta-nomlaki-tribe-gets-10m-from-mom-and-son-casino-theives\/","title":{"rendered":"Paskenta Nomlaki Tribe Gets $10M from Mom and Son Casino Thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mother-and-son embezzlement team that bilked almost $5 million from the Paskenta Tribe of Nomlaki Indians was sent to prison by a federal judge in Sacramento in February. Now, they\u2019re on the hook for $5 million each in criminal damages to the tribe, which owns the Rolling Hills Casino north of Sacramento.<\/p>\n

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The Paskenta Tribe of Nomlaki Indians\u2019 Rolling Hills Casino in Corning, Tehama County. The Crosbys siphoned its profits into their luxury lifestyles. (Image: Paskenta Nomlaki)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The latest ruling came at a restitution hearing of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California on Wednesday. The court previously sentenced both Ines Crosby, 76, and her son, former FBI agent John Crosby, 56, to four years and nine months for conspiracy to embezzle or steal from a tribal organization and filing a false tax return.<\/p>\n

Ines Crosby\u2019s sister, Leslie Lohse, 67, was also charged in the case and sentenced to three years and five months in prison. Lohse had paid $902,208 in restitution at the time of her sentencing, which the court deemed sufficient.<\/p>\n

Luxury Lifestyle<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Crosbys whooped it up at the tribe\u2019s expense over a 12-year period, according to the original complaint.<\/p>\n

They treated the tribe\u2019s coffers as \u201can ATM with no withdrawal limit,\u201d splurging on luxury homes and cars \u2013 a $243,000 swimming pool and spa here, an $84,000 koi pond there — according to court documents.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of thousands more went on jewelry, handbags, and beauty products, and to pay for a World Series trip, chartered jet flights, and vacations to Hawaii and New Zealand, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

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While the Crosbys were convicted of stealing around $4.9 million, the tribe claimed the true figure was closer to $20 million. They could do this because they exerted control over the Paskenta Nomlaki that was based on \u201cfraud, coercion, intimidation, extortion, bribery, and deception,\u201d the tribe claimed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

John Crosby was the tribe’s\u00a0economic development director for many years. His mother was the tribe\u2019s administrator, and his aunt was treasurer.<\/p>\n

Assault on Casino<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Paskenta Nomlaki was restored and recognized by the federal government in 1994. It opened the Rolling Hills a decade later.<\/p>\n

But the tribe says its members did not truly begin the process of establishing real self-determination until April 2014, when it finally removed the Crosbys.<\/p>\n

But they did not go quietly. The tribe claims the Crosbys and their allies subsequently launched an \u201carmed assault\u201d in a bid to retake the casino, which was coordinated with a \u201cdestructive cyberattack\u201d on the casino and the tribe\u2019s computer systems that wiped some of the evidence against them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A mother-and-son embezzlement team that bilked almost $5 million from the Paskenta Tribe of Nomlaki Indians was sent to prison by a federal judge in Sacramento in February. Now, they\u2019re on the hook for $5 million each in criminal damages to the tribe, which owns the Rolling Hills Casino north of Sacramento. The latest ruling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":244200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18456],"tags":[83794,83793,83792],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPaskenta Nomlaki Tribe Gets $10M from Mom and Son Casino Theives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Crosby and Ines Crosby stole at least $4.9 million from the Paskenta Tribe of Nomlaki Indians. 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