Four employees of a casino in South Florida pleaded guilty to conspiring to rob the company in combination with their respective wives, which meant a swag of nearly USD 5.3 million in four years and a few months, according to documents judicial.
The case has been ready for sentencing, according to the Attorney General of the South Florida judicial district.
The last to plead guilty were Yohander Jorrin Melhen and Milagros Acosta Torres, who appeared before the judge on January 31, 2020. Jorrin Melhen worked, like Michel Aleu, Lester Lavin and Leonardo Betancourt, in the gambling department of the Miccosukee casino, run by the indigenous tribe of the same name and located on the outskirts of Miami, and, according to the accusations that weigh on the four, altered the computers of the slot electronic gambling machines to produce fraudulent bonds and credit vouchers.
Milagros Acosta Torres, María del Pilar Aleu, Anisleydi Vergel Hermida and Yusmary Shirley Durán later converted those fake credit documents into cash at the ATMs installed in the casino and in the cashier of the gambling center.
The money obtained from the theft, which is estimated at approximately USD 5.3 million, was used to buy or fix real estate, purchase cars or boats, travel and even pay for study plans for their children, said a statement from the Prosecutor's Office.
The plan worked from January 2011 to May 2015.
Judge Darrin P. Gayles will be the one to pass sentence against them. Each faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for the crime of conspiracy to launder money, in addition to other penalties for crimes such as conspiracy to steal and conspiracy to commit electronic fraud. The investigations of the case were carried out by the FBI, the Federal Investigation Police, and the Miccosukee Tribe Police Department.
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