Seven members of the Ute Mountain Tribe of Colorado have been accused of stealing money from the tribe and laundering it through the tribe’s Ute Mountain Casino. They were charged last week with felony embezzling in Denver U.S. District Court.
The members face up to five years in prison for misapplying checks. One of the seven, an employee with the tribe’s financial services department, was charged with embezzlement and money laundering, and if convicted could serve up to ten years in prison for the embezzlement and 20 years for the money laundering.
In one instance one of the accused embezzled over $5,000 by writing seven checks in 2014 that were later cashed at the casino.
