Federal officials declined to say how they found Elkinson in Mississippi, but an affidavit in the case said the FBI had first tracked him to the Wynn Las Vegas hotel on Dec. 22.
According to the FBI, Elkinson checked out of the Wynn Las Vegas hotel Dec. 22 and canceled a reservation at the Venetian, another Las Vegas hotel, on Dec. 23.
The affidavit, filed by FBI special agent Leo Fila, said Elkinson had conducted $3.7 million worth of individual transactions over $10,000 with casinos since 1998, such as exchanging money for chips. Elkinson allegedly told a business acquaintance he had $25,000 lines of credit at three Vegas casinos, according to the affidavit.
Elkinson conducted millions of dollars’ worth of large currency transactions at casinos over the past 12 years, according to prosecutors. They said he was arrested Tuesday at a casino in Biloxi, Miss., with a large amount of cash in his possession.
But Elkinson claimed to be indigent when he appeared before a judge in Mississippi and was given a public defender, who could not be reached for comment yesterday. Elkinson is sitting in a county jail awaiting another court appearance Monday.
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