![]() ![]() Nevada treats written casino IOUs, known as markers, like fraudulent cheques. The indictment handed up Wednesday accuses him of failing to repay $7.9 million in casino IOUs written in October 2008 at The Venetian resort on the Las Vegas Strip and $5 million less than two weeks later at the Green Valley Ranch resort in Henderson. He has also spelled his last name Cronenfeld. Ontario real estate firm ownerĪuthorities said after Kronenfeld's case became public in 2009 that he listed his occupation on casino credit records as the owner of an investment real estate company based in Ontario, and that he had an Israeli passport. Prosecutor Jake Merback, head of the Clark County district attorney's office bad cheque unit, said it wasn't clear where Kronenfeld was. Kronenfeld's attorney in Las Vegas, Craig Mueller, didn't immediately respond Thursday to messages seeking comment. If he's convicted, Kronenfeld could face decades in state prison. The case is among the largest casino debt cases to reach court in Nevada. ![]() New York trio nabbed in alleged casino fraud.Semion Kronenfeld, 43, was named in an arrest warrant issued after a Clark County District Court grand jury charged him in a 12-count indictment with felony theft, bad cheques and obtaining money under false pretenses. A Toronto real estate businessman and gambling high-roller is sought in Nevada on charges that he failed to repay $12.9 million in debts to two Las Vegas-area casinos more than five years ago, authorities said Thursday. ![]()
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