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For a time, the results made Martin and Granito the top craps winners at the posh Bellagio resort, Raman said.
“They stole a ton of money,” the prosecutor said, “the kind of money that the word ‘jackpot’ usually follows.”
They bought new vehicles and padded their bank accounts, Raman said, but Martin also lost a lot in slot machines.
Sharon Tibbits, a fraud-control executive at Bellagio owner MGM Resorts International, told the judge today that it took thousands of hours for investigators to piece together the defendants’ bets, losses and winnings.
In one day in July 2014, Granato won $13,200 on the first roll of the dice and stayed for 229 more rolls. Tibbits said he lost $64,000 on valid bets, but won almost $150,000 on fraudulent bets. His net win was more than $85,000.
“It was not need. It was 100 percent greed,” the casino official said, urging the judge to impose stiff sentences.
“Please don’t let crime pay,” Tibbits said.
For a time, the results made Martin and Granito the top craps winners at the posh Bellagio resort, Raman said.
“They stole a ton of money,” the prosecutor said, “the kind of money that the word ‘jackpot’ usually follows.”
They bought new vehicles and padded their bank accounts, Raman said, but Martin also lost a lot in slot machines.
Sharon Tibbits, a fraud-control executive at Bellagio owner MGM Resorts International, told the judge today that it took thousands of hours for investigators to piece together the defendants’ bets, losses and winnings.
In one day in July 2014, Granato won $13,200 on the first roll of the dice and stayed for 229 more rolls. Tibbits said he lost $64,000 on valid bets, but won almost $150,000 on fraudulent bets. His net win was more than $85,000.
“It was not need. It was 100 percent greed,” the casino official said, urging the judge to impose stiff sentences.
“Please don’t let crime pay,” Tibbits said.
