Summary:
A mother and her son were sentenced to prison by a federal judge in February for bilking almost $5 million from the Paskenta Tribe of Nomlaki Indians. They’re going to have to pay $5 million each for criminal damages to the tribe, which owns the Rolling Hills Casino. Ines Crosby and her son were both sentenced by the court.
A mother and her son were sentenced to prison by a federal judge in February for bilking almost $5 million from the Paskenta Tribe of Nomlaki Indians. They are going to have to pay $5 million each in criminal damages to the tribe, which owns the Rolling Hills Casino.
At the US District Court for the Eastern District of California on Wednesday, the latest ruling came about. The court sentenced 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 for filing a false tax return.
The sister of Ines Crosby was sentenced to three years and five months in prison for her involvement in the case. At the time of her sentencing, she had paid $902,208 in restitution, which the court deemed sufficient.
It’s a lifestyle that’s luxurious
According to the original complaint, the Crosbys whooped it up at the tribe’s expense for 12 years.
According to court documents, they treated the tribe’s money as an ATM with no withdrawal limit, and spent it on luxury homes and cars.
Hundreds of thousands more went on jewelry, handbags, and beauty products, and to pay for vacations to Hawaii and New Zealand, prosecutors said.
For a long time, John Crosby was the tribe’s economic development director. His mother was the tribe’s administrator, and his aunt was the treasurer.
There was an assault on the casino
The federal government recognized the Paskenta Nomlaki after it was restored in 1994. The Rolling Hills were opened a decade later.
The tribe says it didn’t really begin the process of self- determination until after the Crosbys were removed.
They weren’t going to go quietly. The tribe claims the Crosbys and their allies launched an “armed assault” in a bid to regain the casino, which was coordinated with a “destructive cyberattack” on the casino and the tribe’s computer systems that wiped out some of the evidence against them.