Slots supervisor stenced [sic] for stealing from Cities of Gold
Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2012
A federal judge Thursday sentenced an Ohkay Owingeh man to five years of probation and ordered him to pay $25,900 in restitution for stealing money from slot machines while working at Pojoaque Pueblo’s Cities of Gold Casino.
Calvin R. Trujillo, 25, pleaded guilty in May to a charge of theft by an employee of a gambling establishment on Indian land, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albuquerque.
In a plea agreement, he admitted that while working as a slot supervisor he devised a way to steal money from the casino by taking manual payouts from the casino’s slot machines. Trujillo’s scheme involved using his key card to fabricate a “win” on the slot machine, which would generate a ticket identifying the amount of his “win.” He then presented the ticket to the casino’s cashier, who paid him the amount reflected on the ticket.
Trujillo admitted that he used this scheme repeatedly over a six-week period between Nov. 10, 2010, and Dec. 22, 2010, during which he stole a total of $25,900.
U.S. Attorney Kenneth Gonzales said Trujillo already has served nine months in tribal custody on tribal larceny charges stemming from the scheme.
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