His mother is accused of buying $150,000 worth of gold coins and precious metals.įederal investigators claim the Crosbys combined to spend more than $2.6 million in tribal assets to fuel their five-year spending spree.įormer tribal treasurer Leslie Lohse, 62, is charged with making payments for her personal credit cards with tribal funds and of lying to federal investigators that she received a $5 million line of credit from the tribe. John Crosby, 53, allegedly looted $838,000 in tribal money to buy a home. The indictment accuses the tribe’s longtime economic development director and former FBI Agent John Crosby and his mother Ines Crosby of spending millions in tribal funds on their homes and vacations to New Zealand and the Caribbean from January 2009 to May 2014. SACRAMENTO (CN) - With an iron grip on a bustling tribal casino’s vault, a trio of Northern California casino officials spent millions of dollars on lavish shopping sprees, exorbitant home renovations and international vacations, under the nose of their tribal employer, according to a 69-count criminal indictment.Īccording to a the indictment handed down by a federal grand jury Thursday, three Rolling Hills Casino executives exploited the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians for at least $6 million in a five-year scheme that included hacking and embezzlement.
