Feds charge man in theft of $700,000 from Michigan casino

[MichMan]

An undocumented immigrant from Mexico has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with stealing $700,000 in cash from a west Michigan casino last year, officials said.

Jesus Gaytan-Garcia, 43, was arrested last week and is accused of participating in a scheme to steal money from the Four Winds Casino in Hartford on July 30, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten said in a statement Wednesday. The casino is owned and operated by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians

Investigators allege he was part of a scheme to steal money from the casino in which someone pretending to be the tribal chairman called it and said he needed money for an urgent payment.

An employee who was duped by the claim collected $700,000 in cash, left the casino, took it to a Gary, Indiana, gas station and gave it to two unknown individuals, authorities said.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/03/07/feds-charge-man-theft-michigan-casino/72877387007/

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1. "Employee"?... Suspect!

An employee who has access to that much cash and delivers it to a gas station?

Suspect!

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2. The employee was duped. Good grief.