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Giving themselves approximately $250,000 in unauthorized payroll distributions through the system Howard managed.

Skimming more than $1.1 million in cash receipts from the Berry Creek-operated Smoke Shop.

Misappropriating more than $200,000 over five holiday seasons for Christmas gifts meant for tribal children.

Issuing a “secret” credit card to Brown that was charged more than $1.3 million for personal expenses.

District Court for the Eastern District of California, in Sacramento, alleges the two, who have since married, used their “joint power” of presiding over the tribe’s finances and business affairs to “carry out a grand scheme centered around misappropriating tribal assets on a grand scale.”īetween 20, the lawsuit claims Howard and Brown did this in four unique ways:

The two former in-house employees named are Deborah Howard, former chief financial officer, and Jesse Brown, former tribal administrator. OROVILLE - The Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians has filed a fraud and money laundering lawsuit against two former top employees of tribe-operated Gold Country Casino Resort, alleging they took more than $1 million for personal gain.