“The Crosby/Lohses are not good people who briefly went astray,” Alejandre wrote. “Without factoring in the loss of opportunities to earn returns on the (stolen) funds, the Tribe’s financial losses total over $50 million.”Īlejandre called the 13-year period from 2001 to 2014 while the three ran the tribal finances “the most traumatic” in its history, with tribal members who questioned their spending tossed out of the tribe for 10-year suspensions that cost them the $54,000 in annual payments handed out to tribal members from casino profits.
“The financial losses suffered by the Tribe as a result of the Crosby/Lohses’ criminal conspiracy are enormous,” Alejandre, the tribal chairman, wrote in a victim impact statement filed in court Tuesday.
