former marketing director<\/a> of the Grand River Casino in South Dakota was sentenced to 160 days in prison by a federal judge for exchanging points on players club reward cards for drugs.<\/p>\nCandace Crow Ghost, 42, of Fort Yates, North Dakota, was convicted on a single charge of felony theft from an Indian gaming institution for orchestrating the scheme. It involved adjusting points on certain patrons\u2019 loyalty cards in return for prescription opioids.<\/p>\n
Crow Ghost then helped her suppliers redeem their illicitly obtained points for cash, while comping rooms and meals for the same individuals.<\/p>\n
From December 2016 through March 2017, she added 426,000 points to player accounts and comped over $1,000 in rooms and meals.<\/p>\n
According to court documents, Crow Ghost paid $25 for each 10 mg pill of Oxycodone, $15 for each 10 mg pill of Hydrocodone, and $10 for each 5 mg pill of Hydrocodone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Penn National Gaming\u2019s (PNG) former director of benefits is facing multiple of charges of theft for allegedly pilfering gift cards that she should have bestowed on the company\u2019s employees. Collegeville, Pennsylvania-woman Denise Bitler, 56, was arrested last Thursday following a \u201clabor intensive and exhaustive\u201d investigation by Berks County police. Bitler, who worked for PNG from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":122505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Penn National Gaming Director Busted for Embezzling Gift Cards<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n