Hat tip to the commenter who pointed out this article.
Paskenta tribal leader: Guilty pleas are 'vindication' for Tribe after millions stolen
Excerpt:
The defendants are the former Tribal Economic Development Director, John A. Crosby, 56, of Redding; the former Tribal Administrator Ines S. Crosby, 76, of Orland; and the former Tribal Treasurer Leslie A. Lohse, 64, of Glenn.
The trio pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court, to charges of conspiracy to embezzle or steal from a tribal organization, as well as tax fraud and tax evasion offenses.
“The defendants used the Tribe’s accounts as their personal piggy banks,” said Kareem Carter, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation. “For at least five years the defendants took more than $4.9 million of the Tribe’s money and intentionally failed to declare it as income to the IRS. This resulted in a tax loss of over $1.6 million.”
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Bill Bembenek Gets A New Job
Danville, Illinois Casino Team Includes Ex-Pala CEO, Former State Legislative Leader
Excerpt:
Another member of the Haven team will be Bill Bembenek. The University of Illinois graduate most recently served 10 years as the CEO of the Pala Casino Spa and Resort. His tenure at Pala, which is located about an hour north of San Diego, ended late last year.
The casino rendering Haven officials presented to Williams and other Danville officials looked very similar to the Pala casino.
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Monday, August 5, 2019
The Sacramento Bee - What is a ‘California Indian tribe’?
Interesting article in the Sacramento Bee:
What is a ‘California Indian tribe’? How a proposed law unearthed a decades-old wound
BY HANNAH WILEY
AUGUST 05, 2019
Excerpt:
Ramos used a legal definition for “tribe” outlined in the 2001 California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which states a “California Indian Tribe” must be federally recognized. If it’s not, the tribe must be in the petitioning process for recognition or be eligible to apply for the status.
That definition contradicts laws from 2004 and 2014 that define a California tribe as federally or non-federally recognized, as long as it’s on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission.
There are only 109 federally recognized tribes in California, with another 55 without the status, according to a 2016 commission report. Many of the unrecognized tribes either had their status terminated beginning in the 1950s under a handful of congressional acts, or were never federally recognized.
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What is a ‘California Indian tribe’? How a proposed law unearthed a decades-old wound
BY HANNAH WILEY
AUGUST 05, 2019
Excerpt:
Ramos used a legal definition for “tribe” outlined in the 2001 California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, which states a “California Indian Tribe” must be federally recognized. If it’s not, the tribe must be in the petitioning process for recognition or be eligible to apply for the status.
That definition contradicts laws from 2004 and 2014 that define a California tribe as federally or non-federally recognized, as long as it’s on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission.
There are only 109 federally recognized tribes in California, with another 55 without the status, according to a 2016 commission report. Many of the unrecognized tribes either had their status terminated beginning in the 1950s under a handful of congressional acts, or were never federally recognized.
READ FULL ARTICLE AT LINK ABOVE
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