{"id":124311,"date":"2020-01-14T15:06:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T23:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=124311"},"modified":"2020-01-14T15:38:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T23:38:25","slug":"shinnecock-casino-hacking-case-private-investigator-gets-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/shinnecock-casino-hacking-case-private-investigator-gets-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Private Investigator Gets Probation in Hacking Case that Spoiled Shinnecock Tribal Casino Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

An ex-private investigator whose hacking activities are blamed for destabilizing a tribal government and destroying its dream to build a New York casino was sentenced to three years probation by a federal judge Monday, Newsday<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n

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Shinnecock Nation members at the New York Labor Day powwow in September 2019. (Image: Crazy Cow)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Steven Santarpia, 51, pleaded guilty to illegally accessing the personal computer of Shinnecock Indian Nation member Charles Randall eight years ago to obtain his private emails.<\/p>\n

In 2011, the recently federally recognized tribe had expressed its desire to build a \u201cworld class\u201d casino near its base in Southampton, Long Island, but hadn\u2019t committed to a specific location.<\/p>\n

The tribal gaming authority had a development partnership with Detroit-based Gateway Casino Resorts (not to be confused with Canada’s Gateway Casinos), which had supported it financially towards the end of its years-long battle for recognition, plowing millions into legal and lobbying fees.<\/p>\n

The company hoped its reward would be a large stake in a casino within striking distance of New York City that had the potential to become one of the most lucrative in America.<\/p>\n

Tribal Schism \u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But some members of the tribe had become wary of the Gateway relationship, and suggested the tribal gaming authority had afforded too much control over the future casino and its profits to Gateway\u2019s owner Michael Malik.<\/p>\n

Randall was part of a group — along with two tribal trustees and two rebelling gaming authority members — that was exploring a tentative proposal to develop a casino hotel and entertainment complex at the Nassau Coliseum.<\/p>\n

This apparently ruffled some feathers at the gaming authority, which officially supported Gateway.<\/p>\n

FBI Raids Gaming Authority<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In May 2013, FBI agents raided the reservation and seized documents and computers from the gaming authority\u2019s offices.<\/p>\n

The agency\u2019s Cyber Division found that Randall\u2019s account had been unlawfully hacked from a computer based at the offices, with emails related to the Nassau Coliseum proposal targeted.<\/p>\n

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Six months later, the offices mysteriously burned to the ground, destroying volumes of files that had not been seized. The fire was officially ruled arson, although no one has ever been arrested for the crime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In December 2017, former gaming authority member Karen Hunter was sentenced to three years probation for her involvement in the hack.<\/p>\n

But the damage had been done. Randall said the stolen emails were \u201cweaponized\u201d by a faction of the tribe that accused him and the others of attempting to harm the tribe for personal gain. The faction used a campaign of disinformation to have the men removed from office, Randall claims.<\/p>\n

Who Masterminded the Hack?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

During the hearing Monday, Randall repeatedly asked the judge to ask Santarpia exactly who had hired him to perform the hack.<\/p>\n

The judge said the court is \u201cnot an investigator,\u201d and declined Randall\u2019s request.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Santarpi is] not the only co-conspirator, but I don\u2019t even know the whole story,” Randall told Newsday<\/em> afterwards.<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s no justice. I don\u2019t feel like I\u2019ve been made whole \u2026 My nation hasn\u2019t healed, my family hasn\u2019t healed, and I definitely haven\u2019t healed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Shinnecock Nation recently revived its casino ambitions<\/a> and voted to partner with Hard Rock Atlantic City part-owner Jack Morris<\/a> on a possible future development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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