Casino Crime Roundup: New Details Revealed About $352K Theft at Grand River Casino

Casino Crime Roundup: New Details Revealed About $352K Theft at Grand River Casino

Charges have been brought against two individuals for allegedly stealing $352K earlier this year from a South Dakota tribal casino property.

According to South Dakota TV station KELO, Roberto Carlos Gonzales Miranda and Roberto Orellana were recently indicted for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit theft from an Indian Lands gaming facility, and transportation of stolen money.

In February, the two went into the Grand River Casino in Mobridge, South Dakota, and started a scam.

A woman called the manager of the cashiers' cage at the casino, setting off the scheme.

Then a man answered the phone and identified himself as a USPS collections contractor. According to the report, he asserted that the casino owed $700K and threatened further penalties or fines if the money wasn't paid right away.

According to KELO, in the meantime, a third suspect purporting to be the manager's supervisor texted the manager, telling him to "empty the vault and deposit the cash at a Bitcoin ATM in Aberdeen, South Dakota."

The worker at the casino took $352,00 out of the safe and put it in his car. The man then took a car to Aberdeen, where he was told to drop off the money in a gas station parking lot for two people.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe owns and runs the casino.

Winner of Casino Jackpot Stolen, Suspect Apprehended

Following the Friday robbery of a guy who had won money at a gambling establishment just hours before, a man was taken into custody in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Terry Brown, the suspect, was a convicted felon when he was charged with armed robbery with a handgun.

Brown is accused of robbing the victim and taking out a gun at the start of the confrontation. He took a phone, car keys, and an undetermined sum of money from the unidentified gaming establishment, Tulsa TV station KTUL said.

The standoff happened at a house close to 44th Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard on Friday at around six o'clock in the evening.

According to authorities, Brown had a second suspect with him when he robbed the victim. He's still thought to be out there.

A security camera captured footage of the two suspects, according to the report.

The victim's sister-in-law provided the Tulsa Police Department (TPD) with information about the suspects and the getaway car when she reported the crime.

Soon after, a TPD helicopter spotted a car that fit the description, and officers on North Quaker Avenue stopped it. According to authorities, Terry Brown, one of the car's occupants, fit the description of the robbery suspect.

After being charged with the crime, Brown's case was given to the local prosecutors.